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sugar canes

sugar canes is the plural of sugar cane.

Meaning of sugar cane

Noun

sugar cane (usually uncountable, plural sugar canes)

  1. (usually) 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
  2. (usually) A candy cane, an edible candy in the shape of a cane.

Questions about sugar canes

What is sugar canes the plural of?
Sugar canes is the plural of sugar cane.

Words near sugar canes in the dictionary

  1. sugar cane batons
  2. sugar cane stalk
  3. sugar cane stalks
  4. sugar cane stick
  5. sugar cane sticks
  6. sugar canes
  7. sugar coat
  8. sugar coated
  9. sugar coating
  10. sugar coats
  11. sugar cone

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