cane
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3.2
- noun
- /keɪn/
:
caña
- Fatima's husband, Shaikh Allah Ditta, sold cane and bamboo in the market below the house.
- sugar cane
- sugar cane fields
- cut sugar cane
Worse, cane cutters who filed their spines against the sun, bringing down great walls of cane.
- Worse, cane cutters who filed their spines against the sun, bringing down great walls of cane.
Examples
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You can buy bananas, sugar cane, some water, eggs, whatever.
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In 1989, Cuba produced 8 million tons of cane sugar.
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We have grown sugar cane since the... ...beginning of time.
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It's made of sugar cane.
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- He cuts sugar cane in the fields.
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When we were children, did you chase a snake into the cane fields?
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Then we'd go and cut a piece of cane and peel it with our teeth.
Academic text (1994) -
Temperature of mid-80s, humidity just perfect, and the air smells of sweet sugar cane.
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Joshua Fielding, Tamar Macaulay, and several other people were sitting in large cane chairs, involved in animated conversation.
Fiction book (1993) -
The artisan crafted a beautiful chair from cane, showcasing its flexibility and strength.
Synonyms
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1.6
A hard hollow stem people use to make poles, furniture, and tools
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5.2
A long thin flexible stem from a climbing palm used to make furniture or baskets
A group of bamboo plants native to North America called switchcane
Tall grass that grows in thick groups near rivers in the southern United States
A grass like reeds that grows in wet places like marshes, often in the southern United States
Compounds
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1.0
A hard sweet stick with red and white stripes that tastes like mint and is used at Christmas
- Australian
A quick spread of cane toads into new areas that harms native animals and plants
A common houseplant with large green leaves that can make your mouth and throat swell if eaten
- Archaic
A tall tropical plant with long red flower spikes and purple leaves whose seeds are eaten as cereal
A ski pole made from strong Tonkin cane bamboo that is flexible and lasts a long time
- US
A grass like reeds that grows in wet places like marshes, often in the southern United States
How Tall
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cane comes from the Latin word canna, meaning 'reed' or 'long stem'. That is why we call the strong, hollow stems of plants like 'sugar cane' or rattan a cane.