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    SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Saccharum officinarum; sugar cane; sugarcane

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Saccharum officinarum" is a kind of...):

    graminaceous plant; gramineous plant (cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves)

    Meronyms (parts of "Saccharum officinarum"):

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

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Saccharum officinarum"):

    noble cane (sugarcanes representing the highest development of the species; characterized by large juicy stalks with soft rinds and high sugar content)

    Holonyms ("Saccharum officinarum" is a member of...):

    genus Saccharum; Saccharum (tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane)

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