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noble cane

noble cane

8.0
A sugar cane plant with large juicy stalks and a lot of sugar
  • noun
translation icon : caña noble
  • Farmers prefer noble cane varieties for their increased yield and sweeter juice.

Examples

  • The plantation specialized in growing noble cane to produce high-quality sugar.

  • The noble cane is often used in premium sugar production.

  • Researchers have developed new hybrids based on the characteristics of noble cane.

  • Farmers in Brazil cultivate noble canes for their sweetness.

  • The plantation specialized in growing noble cane to produce high-quality sugar.

  • Farmers prefer noble cane varieties for their increased yield and sweeter juice.

  • Researchers have developed new hybrids based on the characteristics of noble cane.

Synonyms

sugar cane
vsnoble cane
  • US
12 2.0

A tall tropical plant with thick sweet stalks used to make sugar

is a specialized variety with larger softer rinds and higher sugar content
sugarcane
vsnoble cane
11 1.3

A tall tropical grass with thick, sweet stems people grow to make sugar

is the more developed variety with larger juicier stalks and higher sweetness

Surface Forms

noble cane singular
noble canes plural

Morphology

noble + cane

Although the supplied component definitions are missing, an average B1 learner who knows 'noble' (high-quality, excellent) and 'cane' (sugarcane or cane plant) can readily infer 'noble cane' as a high-quality type of cane. The meaning is a straightforward adjective + noun composition following regular English patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so the compound is immediately interpretable from its parts.

Etymology

Noble cane may come from how farmers saw the plant: the word noble suggests something tall, smooth and special, and cane is the sugar plant with very sweet stalks. So the name came to mean the 'best' kind of sugarcane with especially rich juice.