sugar cane
1. juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice • Syn: sugarcane • Hypernyms: cane • Part Holonyms: sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum 2. tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar • Syn: sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum • Hypernyms: gramineous plant, graminaceous plant • Hyponyms: noble cane • Member Holonyms: Saccharum, genus Saccharum • Part Meronyms: sugarcane
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