sugar cane
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The elaborate stage design included a maze of sugar cane and a single-story house similar to the one he used during his 31-date residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico, last summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Bad Bunny’s performance celebrated his Puerto Rican heritage with scenes from sugar cane fields, a New York street and a wedding.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
They ask for plantain, yucca or sugar cane.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
The programme's true scale is unknown, but at a minimum it aims to plant several million hectares of rice and sugar cane for food and biofuel.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
To this day you can find piles of sugar cane heaped in tropical markets—offering buyers a refreshing treat that is somewhere between a candy bar and an energy drink.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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