sugarcane

or sug·ar cane

[ shoog-er-keyn ]

noun
  1. a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.

Origin of sugarcane

1
First recorded in 1560–70; sugar + cane

Words Nearby sugarcane

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How to use sugarcane in a sentence

  • 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. Harney
  • At her side squatted a youngster, an imp of seven it might be, who noisily chewed a stick of sugarcane and spat wide the pith.

  • Some very fine sugarcane was brought to me; each of the pieces was six inches round.

  • Bigger fields of head-high sugarcane at intervals, the upper two feet green, the blades below yellow and dry.

  • Sweetmeats 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

sugar cane

noun
  1. 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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