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sugar cane

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gramineous plant, graminaceous plant

Narrower terms: noble cane

4

noun

Meaning 4

juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sugarcane

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cane

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Acehnese: tubèë — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Afrikaans: suikerriet — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Aklanon: tubo — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Albanian: kallam sheqeri — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Chungli Ao: moji — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Arabic: قَصَب السُّكَّر (qaṣab as-sukkar) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Arabic: قصب السكر (gaṣab as-sukkar) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Armenian: շաքարեղեգ (šakʻareġeg) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Assamese: কুঁহিয়াৰ (kũhiar) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Bangi: monkoko — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Belarusian: цукро́вы трыснёг (cukróvy trysnjóh) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Belarusian: цукро́вы трысьнёг (cukróvy trysʹnjóh) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Belarusian: цукро́вая трысці́на (cukróvaja tryscína) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Belarusian: цукро́вая трысьці́на (cukróvaja trysʹcína) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Bengali: আখ (akh) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Bhojpuri: ऊखि (ūkhi) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Bole: reke — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Bulgarian: за́харна тръсти́ка (záharna trǎstíka) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Burmese: ကြံ (kram) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Catalan: canya de sucre — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Chamicuro: ocha'tina — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蔗 (ze3) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甘蔗 (gānzhè, gānzhe) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 竿蔗 (gānzhè) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Czech: cukrová třtina — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Danish: sukkerrør — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Dutch: suikerriet — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Esperanto: sukerkano — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Estonian: suhkruroog — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Fataluku: upa — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Fijian: dovu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Finnish: sokeriruoko — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • French: canne à sucre — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Galician: cana de azucre — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Georgian: შაქრის ლერწამი (šakris lerc̣ami) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • German: Zuckerrohr — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Greek: ζαχαροκάλαμο (zacharokálamo) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Ancient Greek: σάκχαρ (sákkhar) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Gujarati: શેરડી (śerḍī) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Gujarati: ઊસ (ūs) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Gujarati: ઇક્ષુ (ikṣu) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Haitian Creole: kann — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Hausa: rake — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Hawaiian: kō — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Hebrew: קנה סוכר — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Higaonon: tubu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Hindi: ईख (īkh) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Hindi: ऊख (ūkh) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Hindi: गन्ना (gannā) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Hungarian: cukornád — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Icelandic: sykurreyr — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Indonesian: tebu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Italian: canna da zucchero — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Japanese: サトウキビ (satōkibi) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Japanese: 砂糖黍 (satōkibi) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Javanese: ꦠꦼꦧꦸ (tebu) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Javanese: ꦫꦺꦴꦱꦤ꧀ (rosan) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Old Javanese: tĕbu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Old Javanese: ikṣu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Old Javanese: rosan — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Kalmyk: шикрин хулсн (şikrin xulsn) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Kanakanabu: tʉvʉsʉ — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Kannada: ಕಬ್ಬು (kabbu) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Kapampangan: atbu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Kazakh: қант құрағы (qant qūrağy) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Kazakh: борыққамыс (boryqqamys) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Kazakh: қант қамысы (qant qamysy) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Khmer: អំពៅ (ɑmpɨv) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Kikuyu: kĩgwa — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Korean: 단수수 (dansusu) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Korean: 사탕수수 (satangsusu) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Kumyk: шекер къамуш (şeker qamuş) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Lao: ອ້ອຍ (ʼǭi) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Latvian: cukurniedre — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Lingala: monkoko — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Lingala: nkoko — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Lithuanian: cukranendrė — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Low German: Suckerröör — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • : ᦀᦾᧉ (̇ʼoay2) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Luhya: emkachi — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Lutuv: pasuv — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Macedonian: шеќерна трска (šeḱerna trska) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Makasae: ufa — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Malay: tebu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Brunei Malay: gelagah — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Brunei Malay: tebu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Malayalam: കരിമ്പ് (karimpŭ) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Manchu: ᡬᠠᠨᡯᡝ (g'andze) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: tevu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Mansaka: tobo — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Māori: tō — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Māori: tōhuka — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Maranao: tebo — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Marathi: ऊस (ūs) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Central Melanau: tebou — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Mongolian: чихрийн нишингэ (čixriin nišinge) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠨᠢᠰᠢᠩᠭᠦ (sikir-ün nisinggü) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tagal Murut: tobu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Khiamniungan Naga: lǖkīng — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Navajo: dáʼákaz łikaní — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sukkerrør — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sukkerrøyr — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Nupe: kpàǹsánnákó — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Occitan: cana de sucre — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Pacoh: atao — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Pela: phauŋ31 tʃhu55 — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Dari: نَیشَکَر (nayšakar) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Iranian Persian: نِیشَکَر (neyšakar) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Pohnpeian: sehu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Polish: trzcina cukrowa — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Portuguese: cana-de-açúcar — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Prakrit: 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼 (ucchu) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Punjabi: ਕਮਾਦ (kamād) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Punjabi: ਗੰਨਾ (gannā) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Punjabi: ਇੱਖ (ikkha) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Romanian: trestie-de-zahăr — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Romanian: trestie-de-câmp — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Russian: са́харный тростни́к (sáxarnyj trostník) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Samoan: tolo — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Sanskrit: इक्षु (ikṣu) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Santali: ᱟᱸᱠ (ãk) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Serbo-Croatian: шећерна трска — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Serbo-Croatian: šećerna trska — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Sikkimese: གུར་ཤིང — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Slovak: cukrová trstina — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Slovene: sladkorni trs — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Somali: qasabka sonkorta — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Spanish: caña de azúcar — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Swahili: muwa — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Swedish: sockerrör — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Sylheti: ꠇꠥꠁꠀꠞ (kuiar) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tagalog: tubo — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tajik: шакари қамиш (šakar-i qamiš) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tamil: கரும்பு (karumpu) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tausug: tubu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tauya: yuwa — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tày: ỏi — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Telugu: చెరకు (ceraku) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tetum: tohu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Thai: อ้อย (ɔ̂i) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tocharian B: ikṣṣu — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tongan: tō — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tsou: tʉfsʉ — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Tulu: ಕರುಂಬು (karumbu) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Turkish: şeker kamışı — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Ottoman Turkish: شكر قامشی (şeker kamışı) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Ottoman Turkish: نیشكر (neyşeker) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Turkmen: şekerçiňrik — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Ukrainian: цукро́ва трости́на (cukróva trostýna) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Urdu: اِیکھ (īkh) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Urdu: اُوکھ (ūkh) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Urdu: نَیشَکَر (naiśakar) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Vietnamese: mía — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Woleaian: wou — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Yiddish: צוקערראָר (tsukerror) — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Yoruba: ìrèké — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
  • Zhuang: oij — species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar