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ribbon canes

ribbon canes is the plural of ribbon cane.

Meaning of ribbon cane

Noun

ribbon cane (countable and uncountable, plural ribbon canes)

  1. (Southern US) Sugar cane; specifically, striped varieties of sugar cane grown in the southern United States.
    • The ribbon cane […] is called by the French rouge et d’or, being longitudinally striped yellow and deep red. It grows as high as the Bourbon, but is slenderer, and of course resists wind less.1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 2, Letter 18, p. 336

Questions about ribbon canes

What is ribbon canes the plural of?
Ribbon canes is the plural of ribbon cane.

Words near ribbon canes in the dictionary

  1. ribbon cable
  2. ribbon cables
  3. ribbon candies
  4. ribbon candy
  5. ribbon cane
  6. ribbon canes
  7. ribbon cutting
  8. ribbon cuttings
  9. ribbon farm
  10. ribbon farms
  11. ribbon fern

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