sugar cane
sugar cane noun: a tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum, including hybrids) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar.
Noun
sugar cane (usually uncountable, plural sugar canes)
- A tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum, including hybrids) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar.
- Daniel was watching Sarah, Bose and Femi munch contentedly on the firm sweetness of sugar cane, plucking back the green with their fingers to reveal the creamy yellow-white that left gluey juices on their hands and clothes.2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 306
- A candy cane, an edible candy in the shape of a cane.
sugar cane meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sugar cane in Hindi
- species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
- ईख īkh, ऊख ūkh, गन्ना gannā
sugar cane in Tamil
- species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
- கரும்பு karumpu
sugar cane in Marathi
- species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
- ऊस ūs
sugar cane in Urdu
- species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
- اِیکھ īkh, اُوکھ ūkh, نَیشَکَر naiśakar
More languagesFewer languages
- sugar cane in Bengali
- আখ akh
- sugar cane in Telugu
- చెరకు ceraku
- sugar cane in Malayalam
- കരിമ്പ് karimpŭ
- sugar cane in Kannada
- ಕಬ್ಬು kabbu
- sugar cane in Punjabi
- ਕਮਾਦ kamād, ਗੰਨਾ gannā, ਇੱਖ ikkha
- sugar cane in Gujarati
- શેરડી śerḍī, ઊસ ūs, ઇક્ષુ ikṣu
- sugar cane in Sanskrit
- इक्षु ikṣu
- sugar cane in Assamese
- কুঁহিয়াৰ kũhiar
- sugar cane in Nepali
- उखु ukhu
- sugar cane in Tagalog
- tubo
- sugar cane in Arabic
- قَصَب السُّكَّر qaṣab as-sukkar
- sugar cane in Malay
- tebu
- sugar cane in Indonesian
- tebu
- sugar cane in Thai
- อ้อย ɔ̂i
- sugar cane in Vietnamese
- mía
- sugar cane in Myanmar
- ကြံ kram
Forms of sugar cane
| plural | sugar canes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sugar-cane |
| alternative form | sugarcane |
Words formed from sugar cane
Questions about sugar cane
- What does sugar cane mean?
- Sugar cane means a tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum, including hybrids) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar.
- What is sugar cane in Hindi?
- Sugar cane in Hindi is ईख (īkh), ऊख (ūkh), गन्ना (gannā). See Sugar cane meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sugar cane?
- Sugar cane is a noun.
- What is the plural of sugar cane?
- The plural of sugar cane is sugar canes.
Words near sugar cane in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sugar cane (page history and authors); उखु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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