sugar canenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈʃʊɡ.ə ˌkeɪn/us/ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ ˌkeɪn/a tropical plant from whose tall thick stems sugar can be got
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Crop plants & economic plants
- beet
- canola
- cash crop
- cassava
- clover
- flax
- hemp
- hop
- linseed
- manioc
- rabi
- rape
- safflower
- sisal
- subsistence crop
- sugar beet
Examples from literature
- All fruits and some vegetables, like sugar cane, corn, and beets, have natural sugar.
- By the 18th century, farmers there were growing sugar cane on plantations.
- Hawaii is an excellent place for growing sugar cane.
- In 1835, an American company started the first large sugar cane plantation in Hawaii.
- People first chewed sugar cane because they knew that a very sweet juice came out.
- The big business of growing sugar cane and making sugar has also changed the history of several countries.
- The weather in the southern United States was also excellent for growing sugar cane.
- Today, 80 percent of the sugar people use comes from sugar cane.