sugarcane
or sug·ar cane
a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
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How to use sugarcane in a sentence
Made with cachaça, a sugarcane Brandy native to Brazil, and limes and sugar, this is the Brazilian national cocktail.
The gunmen searched him, took his money, and ordered him to lie face down in a sugarcane field along the road.
sugarcane Marinade This marinade is one of my all-time heroes.
Later, my best friend will present me with some homemade Mexican Christmas ponche full of sugarcane to chew on.
The climb took two hours and a half, and they stopped six times for Xerox to drink tea, or a glass of sugarcane juice.
En shore enough when we got to Little Rock and Shako got holt of some sugarcane, he win that old elephant's respect instanter.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyAt her side squatted a youngster, an imp of seven it might be, who noisily chewed a stick of sugarcane and spat wide the pith.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellSome very fine sugarcane was brought to me; each of the pieces was six inches round.
A Voyage to the South Sea | William BlighBigger fields of head-high sugarcane at intervals, the upper two feet green, the blades below yellow and dry.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence PoeSweetmeats were scarce, for the products of the sugarcane are difficult to procure in these northern latitudes.
The Doomsman | Van Tassel Sutphen
British Dictionary definitions for sugar cane
a coarse perennial grass, Saccharum officinarum, of Old World tropical regions, having tall stout canes that yield sugar: widely cultivated in tropical regions: Compare sugar beet
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