sugarcane

or sug·ar cane

[ shoog-er-keyn ]

/ ˈʃʊg ərˌkeɪn /

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noun

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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Origin of sugarcane

First recorded in 1560–70; sugar + cane

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How to use sugarcane in a sentence

These early British settlers soon established tobacco then sugar cane plantations and started importing workers to toil on them.
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As of last year, even the plastic cap on many containers is made out of a degradable product derived from sugar cane.
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For the next twelve years, he was forced to pick cotton and cut sugar cane, being whipped and beaten on an almost daily basis.
The Woman Who Saved Solomon|Guy Walters|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Infidelity is as Cuban as sugar cane, and for several years Ángel Castro juggled two families.
Castro Family Values|A. L. Bardach|September 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Besides, there is always a bunch of bananas hanging inside the house, and he has sugar-cane in abundance.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Receiving small encouragement in England, he applied to sugar-cane planters to give his engines a trial in the West Indies.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
In Louisiana the tobacco plant flourishes well and grows as well and as luxuriantly as sugar cane.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
And he ran on, holding the piece of sugar-cane, like some hieratic figure holding a torch in a procession.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
Hamza took down the panniers after laying his wand of sugar-cane upon the burning ground.
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British Dictionary definitions for sugarcane

sugar cane

noun

a coarse perennial grass, Saccharum officinarum, of Old World tropical regions, having tall stout canes that yield sugar: widely cultivated in tropical regionsCompare sugar beet

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