sugarcane: Meaning and Definition of

sug•ar•cane

Pronunciation: (shoog'ur-kān"), [key]
— n.
  1. a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
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