Cane-sugar

  • 61sugar cane — sugar ,cane noun count or uncount a tall tropical plant with thick stems that is used for producing sugar …

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  • 62sugar cane — ► NOUN ▪ a tropical grass with tall stout stems from which sugar is extracted …

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  • 63sugar cane — n. a very tall, perennial, tropical grass (Saccharum officinarum) cultivated as the main source of sugar …

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  • 64cane — [kān] n. [ME & OFr canne < It canna < L, reed, cane < Gr kanna; prob. < Assyr qanū (or Heb qaneh), tube, reed < Sumerian gin] 1. the slender, jointed, usually flexible stem of any of certain plants, as bamboo or rattan 2. any plant …

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  • 65cane-trash — caneˈ trash noun Refuse of sugar cane used for fuel when boiling the juice • • • Main Entry: ↑cane …

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  • 66cane toad — cane toad, a large, brown toad, found originally in tropical areas of North and South America. The animal was imported into many places for example, Australia to control sugar cane beetles, a policy that led to problems for native species. The… …

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  • 67sugar — ► NOUN 1) a sweet crystalline substance obtained especially from sugar cane and sugar beet. 2) Biochemistry any of the class of soluble crystalline sweet tasting carbohydrates, including sucrose and glucose. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. used as… …

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  • 68cane field — cane field, a field in which sugar cane is grown …

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  • 69Acorn sugar — Sugar Sug ar, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp. az[ u]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [,c]arkar[=a] sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.] 1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,… …

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  • 70corn sugar — Sugar Sug ar, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp. az[ u]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [,c]arkar[=a] sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.] 1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,… …

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