sugarcane

sugar cane or sug·ar·cane (shgr-kn)

n.

A tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Saccharum officinarum) having thick, solid, tough stems that are a chief commercial source of sugar.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sugarcane - juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice sugar cane Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane, sugarcane - tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar cane - a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
	2.	sugarcane - tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves genus Saccharum, Saccharum - tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane sugar cane, sugarcane - juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice noble cane - sugarcanes representing the highest development of the species; characterized by large juicy stalks with soft rinds and high sugar content