cane sugar

noun

sugar obtained from sugar cane, identical with that obtained from the sugar beet.Compare sugar(def 1).

Origin of cane sugar

First recorded in 1850–55

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Historical Examples of cane sugar

The manufacture of cane-sugar has been an industry of Louisiana for more than a century.
Commercial Geography
Jacques W. Redway
Which of the possessions of the United States are adaptable for cane-sugar?
Commercial Geography
Jacques W. Redway
The cotton and cane-sugar are grown in the middle coast region.
Commercial Geography
Jacques W. Redway
The influence which it has on the nerves of taste is only different from that of cane-sugar.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867
Various
Lactose exists in milk and has the same formula as cane-sugar.
Encyclopedia of Diet
Eugene Christian

British Dictionary definitions for cane sugar

cane sugar

noun

the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beetSee also beet sugar
another name for sucrose

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