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English noun: sugarcane

1. sugarcane (plant) juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice


Synonymssugar cane


Broader (hypernym)cane


Part meronymSaccharum officinarum, sugar cane, sugarcane

2. sugarcane (plant) tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar


SynonymsSaccharum officinarum, sugar cane


Broader (hypernym)graminaceous plant, gramineous plant


Narrower (hyponym)noble cane


Part holonymsugar cane, sugarcane


Member meronymgenus Saccharum, Saccharum









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