Meaning of ribbon cane | Babel Free

Definitions

Sugar cane; specifically, striped varieties of sugar cane grown in the southern United States.

Southern-US, countable, uncountable

Examples

“The ribbon cane […] is called by the French rouge et d’or, being longitudinally striped yellow and deep red. It grows as high as the Bourbon, but is slenderer, and of course resists wind less.”

“Say, Matt, gimme a jint or two of dat green cane—dis ribbon cane is hard.”

““We’ll grow fine ribbon cane here. The soil is perfect for it. We’ll have all the sugar we want. But we must be patient.””

“The voice she heard was slowly rough and delicately brutal, like stones being rattled in a can of ribbon cane syrup.”

“His knees clacked together like stalks of ribbon cane rattling in a high wind.”

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