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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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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