A tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar
A refined sugar which is produced from the sap of the sugar cane plant One of the two common forms of table sugar (the other one being beet sugar) May be used as a source of fermentable sugars in some English and Belgian beer styles, and for bottle priming White cane sugar has had all of the molasses refined out; light and dark brown sugar have had some of the molasses added back in (the more molasses, the darker the sugar) Raw or turbinado sugar is cane sugar which is not as fully refined as white cane sugar (i e it still contains some of the original molasses)
a tall tropical plant from whose stems sugar is obtained. Giant, thick, perennial grass (Saccharum officinarum; family Poaceae, or Gramineae), cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide for its sweet sap, a major source of sugar and molasses. The plant grows in clumps of solid stalks with regularly spaced nodes or joints, each with a bud that can be planted for commercial asexual propagation. Graceful, sword-shaped leaves, similar to those of the corn plant, fold in a sheath around the stem. Mature canes may be 10-20 ft (3-6 m) tall and 1-3 in. (2.5-7.5 cm) in diameter. Molasses, the syrup remaining after sugar is crystallized out of the juice, is used in cooking, in making rum, and as feed for farm animals. Residual cane fibre (bagasse) is burned as fuel or used as filler for paper and particleboard
tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice