SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saccharum officinarum mean? 

• SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM (noun)
  The noun SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Saccharum officinarum; sugar cane; sugarcane

Hypernyms ("Saccharum officinarum" is a kind of...):

graminaceous plant; gramineous plant (cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves)

Meronyms (parts of "Saccharum officinarum"):

sugar cane; sugarcane (juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Saccharum officinarum"):

noble cane (sugarcanes representing the highest development of the species; characterized by large juicy stalks with soft rinds and high sugar content)

Holonyms ("Saccharum officinarum" is a member of...):

genus Saccharum; Saccharum (tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane)