genus saccharum

1. Tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane (synset 112152816)
   is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
   member holonym:

   • saccharum officinarum, sugar cane, sugarcane - tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
   • munj, munja, saccharum bengalense, saccharum munja - tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
   belongs to: family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
   same as: saccharum

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