juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
A tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum, including hybrids) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar.