canebrake

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/ˈkeɪnbɹeɪk/

noun

A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants.

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Meanings

nouncanebrake (plural canebrakes)

plural canebrakes · alternative canebreak

  1. USA dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants.

    While roving carelessly from canebrake to canebrake, and admiring the rank growth of vegetation, and the variety of timber which marked the fertility of the soil...

    1865, Cecil B. Hartley, Life and Times of Colonel Daniel Boone, page 52

Origin

From cane + brake.

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APA

canebrake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canebrake

MLA

“canebrake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canebrake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “canebrake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canebrake.

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