a plant that grows in wetlands along rivers; they were used as torches by prehistoric explorers of Mammoth Cave; remnant of used torches are still found in the cave
Think blackberry, raspberry, rose They all have woody stems, most of which originate from the root mass, rather than as branches from a main stem The stems of bamboo and sugar cane are also canes
A composite rod of glass, consisting of groups of rods of different colors, which are bundled together and fused to form a polychrome design, especially in cross section See bar, millefiori, and rod
A cane is a long, thin, flexible stick which in the past was used to hit people, especially children at school, as a punishment. Until the 1980s some criminals were still flogged with a rattan cane as a punishment. The cane is used to refer to the punishment of being hit with a cane. see also sugar cane. to punish someone, especially a child, by hitting them with a stick. Hollow or pithy and usually slender and flexible jointed stem (as of a reed). Also, any of various slender woody stems, especially an elongated flowering or fruiting stem (as of a rose) usually arising directly from the ground. The term is also applied to any of various tall woody grasses or reeds, including the coarse grasses of the genus Arundinaria (see bamboo), sugarcane, and sorghum
A walking stick; a staff; so called because originally made of one of the species of cane
The woody stem of a rose or a berry plant, it can also be the jointed and often hollow or pith-filled stem of a bamboo or sugar cane
A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Dæmanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans
The small piece of a molded or bundled glass rod that has been pulled out so that an intricate pattern appears in cross-section, (Refer to Chapter I for more detailed description of the cane-making process )
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
a cylinder or length (any shape) of clay (or glass) wherein several rods or sheets of color have been placed together to form a design running lengthwise through the shape