English noun: Saccharum officinarum | |||
1. | Saccharum officinarum (plant) tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar | ||
Synonyms | sugar cane, sugarcane | ||
Broader (hypernym) | graminaceous plant, gramineous plant | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | noble cane | ||
Part holonym | sugar cane, sugarcane | ||
Member meronym | genus Saccharum, Saccharum | ||