Sugar Cane

Definition: Sugar Cane

Sugar Cane

Noun

1. Juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice.

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

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Synonym: Sugar Cane

Crosswords: Sugar Cane

Down Among the Sugar Cane (1932)

Train of Sugar Cane on Way to Crusher (1901)

Honolulu Cutting Sugar Cane (1901)

Loading Sugar Cane (1901)

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Books

• Sugar Cane and Ginger Growing in Indonesia [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

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Music

• Sugar Cane (reference)

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Cutting sugar cane in Louisianna. Credit: USDA.

Laborer cutting down sugar cane with a machete, Banes, Cuba. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sugar cane mill, Barbados. Credit: Library of Congress.

Weighing sugar cane before unloading at the mill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cutting sugar cane, Baton Rouge, La. Credit: Library of Congress.

Yauco, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Harvesting sugar cane in a field. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ensenada, Puerto Rico. Carloads of sugar cane at the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cultivating sugar cane of the Virgin Islands Company land, vicinity of Bethlehem, St. Croix. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sugar cane fields on the north-west part of the island, St. Croix island, Virgin Islands. Credit: Library of Congress.

Eat cane syrup & molasses, save sugar by using best Louisiana molasses and sugar cane syrup / Luria-Fowler ; Magill-Weinsheimer Co. Chicago. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

According to this trend, grain and sugar cane growers are shifting from traditional methods of production. (references)

At independence, the economy was almost entirely based on sugar cane, but at present, manufacturing contributes almost a quarter of its GDP, and over 50 percent of merchandise export value. (references)

Wheat, grain sorghum, groundnuts, sunflower seed, sugar cane, tobacco, hay and cotton, together with maize, are the most important field crops, while wine grapes, deciduous fruit, citrus, sub tropical fruit and vegetables are the main horticultural products. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

Colima farmers primarily grow lemon and sugar cane. (references)

Cuba (09/01)

Spanish settlers established sugar cane and tobacco as Cuba's primary products. (references)

Costa Rica

Agriculture (13% of GDP): Products--bananas, coffee, beef, sugar cane, rice, dairy products, vegetables, fruits and ornamental plants. (references)

Minorities

Dominican Republic

Perhaps 500,000 Haitian immigrants--or 7 percent of the country's population--live in shantytowns or sugar cane work camps, in harsh conditions with limited or no electricity, running water, or schooling. (references)

Political Economy

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The country has a population of 42,500. The mixed economy is based on sugar cane, tourism, and light industry. (references)

Dominican Republic

The 1999 transfer of sugar mills to private control contributed to increasing poverty and joblessness in the "bateyes" (sugar cane shantytowns). (references)

Trade

Bulgaria

Products subject to reduced duty quotas are beef, poultry, pork, milk and dairy products, some vegetables and vegetable seeds, barley, corn, rice, canned meat, crude sugar from sugar cane, confections, and some alcoholic beverages. (references)

Worker Rights

Panama

Child labor violations occur most frequently in rural areas, during the harvest of sugar cane, coffee, bananas, and tomatoes. (references)

Haiti

However, there are cases of Dominican-Haitian trafficking rings coercing Haitian workers to work in Dominican sugar cane fields. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "sugar cane": sugar cane plantation. Additional references.

Albanian

kallam sheqeri (cane, cane sugar). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قصب السكر (cane). (various references)

Bulgarian 

захарна тръстика (cane). (various references)

Chinese 

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Czech

cukrová třtina (sugarcane). (various references)

Danish

sukkerroer (sugar beet, sugarbeet). (various references)

Dutch

suikerriet (sugar-cane). (various references)

Finnish

sokeriruokoviljelmä (sugar cane plantation), sokeriruokojäte (bagasse, Sugar cane bagasse), bagassi (bagasse, Sugar cane bagasse). (various references)

French

canne � sucre. (various references)

German

Zuckerrohr. (various references)

Greek 

σακχαροκάλαμο, ζαχαροκάλαμο. (various references)

Hebrew 

ק� �" סוכר. (various references)

Hungarian

cukornád (sugarcane). (various references)

Italian

canna da zucchero (cane). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"��"� . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

か�"しょ (a book written in Chinese, a Chinese book, government office, hot and cold, summer and winter, sweet potato). (various references)

Manx

cuirtlagh villish. (various references)

Pig Latin

ugarsay anecay

Portuguese

cana-de-açúcar, cana de açúcar. (various references)

Romanian

trestie de zahãr (cane). (various references)

Russian 

сахарный тростник (cane, sugarcane, sugar-cane). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

šećerna trska (sugarcane). (various references)

Spanish

caña de azúcar (cane). (various references)

Swedish

sockerrör (cane, cane sugar, sugar-cane). (various references)

Thai

ต้นอ้อย. (various references)

Turkish

şekerkamışı. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sugarcane.

-1 letter: carnages.

-2 letters: caesura, cangues, carnage, guanase, uncages.

-3 letters: acarus, anears, angers, arcane, arecas, arenas, argues, augers, caesar, cagers, caners, cangue, casern, causer, cesura, cranes, graces, nacres, nausea, rances, ranges, ruanas, sangar, sanger, saucer, sauger, uncage, uncase, usance.

-4 letters: acnes, acres, agars, agers, agues, anear, angas, anger, ansae, arcus, areas, areca, arena, argue, argus, auger.

+1 letter: sugarcanes.

+4 letters: agranulocytes, coastguardmen, congratulates.

+5 letters: coastguardsmen, undercarriages.