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Sugarcane

noun

Juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice. Synonym: sugar cane.

Tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar. Synonyms: Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane.

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"Sugarcane" Quotes from Famous Books

... to gave small sums. It was often pathetic to note the gifts of the older coloured people, most of whom had spent their best days in slavery. Sometimes they would give five cents, sometimes twenty-five cents. Sometimes the contribution was a quilt, or a quantity of sugarcane. I recall one old coloured women who was about seventy years of age, who came to see me when we were raising money to pay for the farm. She hobbled into the room where I was, leaning on a cane. She was clad ...

— Up From Slavery: An Autobiography • Booker T. Washington

... the natives, was a quantity of sugarcane. Upon a trial, Captain Cook found that a strong decoction of it produced a very palatable beer; on which account, he ordered some more to be brewed, for general use. When, however, the barrel was ...

— Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, • A. Kippis

Words linked to "Sugarcane" : Saccharum, Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane, genus Saccharum, cane, graminaceous plant, gramineous plant, noble cane