sugarcane
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1. tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar (noun.plant)
| hyponym | : | noble cane, |
| definition | : | sugarcanes representing the highest development of the species; characterized by large juicy stalks with soft rinds and high sugar content (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | sugar cane, sugarcane, |
| definition | : | juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus saccharum, saccharum, |
| definition | : | tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane (noun.plant) |
2. juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | cane, |
| definition | : | a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane (noun.plant) |
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