English noun: sugar cane | |||
1. | sugar cane (plant) juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice | ||
Synonyms | sugarcane | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cane | ||
Part meronym | Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane, sugarcane | ||
2. | sugar cane (plant) tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar | ||
Synonyms | Saccharum officinarum, sugarcane | ||
Broader (hypernym) | graminaceous plant, gramineous plant | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | noble cane | ||
Part holonym | sugar cane, sugarcane | ||
Member meronym | genus Saccharum, Saccharum | ||