Saccharum
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saccharum
(ˈsækərəm)n
(Plants) a brewing sugar derived from cane sugar
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Noun | 1. | Saccharum - tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane, sugarcane - tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar munj, munja, Saccharum bengalense, Saccharum munja - tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets |
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