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Meanings of sugarcane in English

Portuguese
cana de açucar
Catalan
canya de sucre

Tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar.

cana de açucar
Usage of sugarcane in English
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It is cheaper than natural sugar, which comes from sugarbeets or sugarcane.
Reuters
2
The preparation of the drink is identical with that of sugarcane brew.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
3
Among the articles procured from the natives, was a quantity of sugarcane.
Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain J...
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Many of those fleeing deeper into Myanmar were migrant sugarcane plantation workers.
Reuters
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Domestic ethanol is made from home-grown sugarcane and offered at every pump.
Reuters
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It has swapped its traditional plastic tubes for polyethylene made from sugarcane.
BBC
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Nearly all of Cuba's sugarcane was flattened or flooded by the hurricanes.
Reuters
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Brewed from sugarcane-derived liquor, it is flavoured with cinnamon, lime and oranges.
Reuters
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They grew up on sugarcane farms, the children of indentured labourers from India.
The Guardian
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It produces a range of carbohydrate products from sugarcane and maize.
Reuters
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The time selected for the planting of sugarcane and bananas is around noon.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
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In addition to being dangerous cutting sugarcane is monotonous and fatiguing.
The new yorker
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The process works with more than food feedstocks like corn and sugarcane, too.
Wired
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They will be removing sugarcane leaves using bare hands, without overalls. Via NewZimbabwe
The South African
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There are caveats to using sugarcane as fuel, even in Brazil.
Reuters
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Few Americans cut sugarcane, not only because of the job's danger & drudgery.
The new yorker
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