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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


Synonymssugarcane


Broader (hypernym)cane


Part meronymSaccharum 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


SynonymsSaccharum officinarum, sugarcane


Broader (hypernym)graminaceous plant, gramineous plant


Narrower (hyponym)noble cane


Part holonymsugar cane, sugarcane


Member meronymgenus Saccharum, Saccharum









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