| NOUN | plant | Saccharum officinarum, sugarcane, sugar cane | tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks |
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| Meaning | tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar. | |
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| Synonyms | sugarcane, sugar cane | |
| Member of | Saccharum, genus Saccharum | tall perennial reedlike grass originally / originally of southeastern Asia |
| Parts | sugarcane, sugar cane | juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar |
| Narrower | noble cane | sugarcanes representing the highest development of the species |
| Broader | gramineous plant, graminaceous plant | cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves |
| Spanish | caña de azúcar, saccharum officinarum | |
| Catalan | canya de sucre, saccharum officinarum, Saccharum officinarum | |
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