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CANE SUGAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("cane sugar" is a kind of...):
refined sugar; sugar (a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sucrose obtained from sugar cane
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cane sugar" is a kind of...):
carbohydrate; saccharide; sugar (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cane sugar"):
demerara (a light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana)
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