sugar-cane

A form of sugar cane — A tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum, including hybrids) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar.

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Meanings

nounsugar-cane (countable and uncountable, plural sugar-canes)

plural sugar-canes

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of sugar cane.
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