Saccharum officinarum

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Saccharum officinarum - tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugarsugar cane, sugarcanegraminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leavesgenus Saccharum, Saccharum - tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcanesugar cane, sugarcane - juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juicenoble cane - sugarcanes representing the highest development of the species; characterized by large juicy stalks with soft rinds and high sugar content