sugarcane

American  

[shoog-er-keyn] / ˈʃʊg ərˌkeɪn /

Or sugar cane

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of sugarcane

First recorded in 1560–70; sugar + cane

Example Sentences

The boys would often cut the sugarcane, peeling it to suck out the sweetness.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some are concerned this will lead to the unsustainable extraction of timber or sugarcane to export abroad and burn, and the theft of indigenous peoples' land.

From BBC

Carew's popular brands range from the golden-hued "Imperial Whisky" to "Tsarina Vodka", distilled from sugarcane with flavourings imported from the Netherlands.

From Barron's

They recognized the usual mountains and forests, the sugarcane farms and baseball fields.

From Literature

Ethanol is produced from crops like sugarcane and maize, and expanding its use means diverting farm produce into manufacturing more fuel.

From BBC