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sugarcane
noun
sug·ar·cane
ˈshu̇-gər-ˌkān 
: a stout tall perennial grass (Saccharum officinarum) native to tropical southeast Asia that has a large terminal panicle and is widely grown in warm regions as a source of sugar
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Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2025
Together, the organizations will advance the latter’s Climate Resilience Platform (CRP) to extend its scope to sugarcane producers, across Latin America, Southern Africa, Southern Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as cotton growers in India and Brazil.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Nov. 2025
This was proved true when someone reported to my parents that I’d been seen eating sugarcane in the middle of Flatbush Avenue on a hot summer day.
—Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Where once these trees stood in the island of Negros, sugarcane now dominates, all benefiting the hacenderos who welcomed the American lumbermen to clear the forests for later agricultural conversion.
—JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
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Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2025
Together, the organizations will advance the latter’s Climate Resilience Platform (CRP) to extend its scope to sugarcane producers, across Latin America, Southern Africa, Southern Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as cotton growers in India and Brazil.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Nov. 2025
This was proved true when someone reported to my parents that I’d been seen eating sugarcane in the middle of Flatbush Avenue on a hot summer day.
—Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Where once these trees stood in the island of Negros, sugarcane now dominates, all benefiting the hacenderos who welcomed the American lumbermen to clear the forests for later agricultural conversion.
—JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Sugarcane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sugarcane. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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sugarcane
noun
sug·ar·cane
ˈshu̇g-ər-ˌkān
: a tall tropical grass that has a thick jointed stem and is widely grown in warm regions as a source of sugar
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