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Definition of Sugar cane

1. Noun. Juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice.

2. Noun. Tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar.

Definition of Sugar cane

1. Noun. A tropical grass of the genus ''Saccharum'' (especially the species ''Saccharum officinarum'') having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sugar Cane

sugar-plum sugar-plums sugar-water sugar alcohol sugar alcohols sugar apple sugar apples sugar babies sugar baby sugar beet

sugar beets sugar bowl sugar bowls sugar bush sugar candy sugar cane (current term) sugar coated sugar cookie sugar cookies sugar corn

sugar cube sugar cubes sugar daddies sugar daddy sugar diabetes sugar glider sugar gliders sugar high sugar house

Literary usage of Sugar cane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by American Genetic Association (1907)
"sugar cane belongs to the natural order of grasses and is divided by Cordemoy into ... The composition of sugar cane varies with the species and with the ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"This, in general, is the process by which the sugar in the sugar-beet is converted into the granulated sugar used on our tables. SUGAR-CANE. ..."

3. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1866)
"PRODUCTION OF SUGAR FROM SORGHUM OR NORTHERN SUGAR-CANE, BY WILLIAM CLOUGH, CINCINNATI, ... Three kinds exist in or arc produced from sugar-cane, calfed, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The area suitable for growing sugar cane on the west coast of Peru is limited only by the available supply of water for irrigation. ..."

5. Food and the Principles of Dietetics by Robert Hutchison (1917)
"It is most commonly derived from certain special grasses, such as the sugar-cane or sorghum, but occurs also in smaller amount in a great many plants and ..."

6. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1909)
"You know where the sugar cane grows. It grows in the West Indies, in South America, in Asia, m the Asiatic Islands, and in Polynesia, but I will simply call ..."

7. Food and the Principles of Dietetics by Robert Hutchison (1911)
"When derived from other sources than the sugar-cane, special names, such as beet-sugar or maple-sugar, are usually given to it ; but it must be distinctly ..."

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