Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sugar_cane

2 senses of sugar cane

Sense 1
sugarcane, sugar cane -- (juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice)
       => cane -- (a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane)

Sense 2
sugarcane, sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum -- (tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar)
       => gramineous plant, graminaceous plant -- (cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves)