Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane, sugarcane - tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar

cane - a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane

graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and narrow long-bladed leaves

genus Saccharum, Saccharum - tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane

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

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