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SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
Synonyms:
Saccharum officinarum; sugar cane; sugarcane
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Saccharum officinarum" is a kind of...):
graminaceous plant; gramineous plant (cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves)
Meronyms (parts of "Saccharum officinarum"):
sugar cane; sugarcane (juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Saccharum officinarum"):
noble cane (sugarcanes representing the highest development of the species; characterized by large juicy stalks with soft rinds and high sugar content)
Holonyms ("Saccharum officinarum" is a member of...):
genus Saccharum; Saccharum (tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane)
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