1. Tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
   "Fields of sugarcane stretched across the plantation";
   - sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum
    
2. Juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
   "Workers harvested the sugarcane by hand in the sweltering heat";
   - sugar cane

Derived forms: sugarcanes, sugar canes

Type of: cane, graminaceous plant, gramineous plant

Part of: genus Saccharum, Saccharum

Encyclopedia: Sugarcane