Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sugar cane

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: sug-ar -cane
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

noun

A candy cane, an edible candy in the shape of a cane.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

sugar canes (plural) sugar-cane (alternative) sugarcane (alternative)

Phrases

African sugar cane African sugarcane borer Chinese sugar cane sugar cane baton sugarcane borer sugarcane grassy shoot disease sugarcane soldier fly sugar cane stalk

Frequently Paired Words

cane carter cane cutter cane knife cane sugar sugar beet sugarbush sugar bush sugar maple

Synonyms

sugarcane saccharum officinarum

Questions

What does sugar cane mean?: 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.

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