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SUGARCANE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Saccharum officinarum; sugar cane; sugarcane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sugarcane" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "sugarcane"):

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 "sugarcane"):

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

Holonyms ("sugarcane" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

sugar cane; sugarcane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sugarcane" is a kind of...):

cane (a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane)

Holonyms ("sugarcane" is a part of...):

Saccharum officinarum; sugar cane; sugarcane (tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar)

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 Context examples: 

According to EMBRAPA experts, using these low-cost effluents as a medium to grow microalgae could add value to the sugarcane and palm oil production chain by enabling the production of larger amounts of biomass and oil for energy and bioproducts.

(Brazilian researchers identify microalgae that can provide biofuels, Agência Brasil)

A Brazilian scientist who developed a method that reduces greenhouse gas emissions from sugarcane cultivation has been awarded a prize that each year recognises a researcher whose work has excelled in the area of fertiliser use.

(Method that cuts sugarcane emissions gets global prize, SciDev.Net)