Definitions for "Sugarcane"
juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World. They have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar and measure 2 to 6 meters tall. All of the sugarcane species interbreed, and the major commercial cultivars are complex hybrids.