sugar cane

Definitions

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

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Examples

“Daniel was watching Sarah, Bose and Femi munch contentedly on the firm sweetness of sugar cane, plucking back the green with their fingers to reveal⟳ the creamy yellow-white that left gluey juices on their hands and clothes.”

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