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My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.
Diane Abbott

Meaning of "sugar cane" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUGAR CANE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUGAR CANE

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Sugar cane is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SUGAR CANE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sugar cane

Sugarcane

Sugarcane is any of several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, and used for sugar production. They have stout jointed fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall. All sugar cane species interbreed and the major commercial cultivars are complex hybrids. Sugarcane belongs to the grass family, an economically important seed plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum and many forage crops. The main product of sugarcane is sucrose, which accumulates in the stalk internodes. Sucrose, extracted and purified in specialized mill factories, is used as raw material in human food industries or is fermented to produce ethanol. Ethanol is produced on a large scale by the Brazilian sugarcane industry. Sugarcane is the world's largest crop by production quantity. In 2012, FAO estimates it was cultivated on about 26.0 million hectares, in more than 90 countries, with a worldwide harvest of 1.83 billion tons. Brazil was the largest producer of sugar cane in the world.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUGAR CANE

sugar almond
sugar apple
sugar bag
sugar basin
sugar beet
sugar bird
sugar bowl
sugar bush
sugar candy
sugar corn
sugar cube
sugar daddy
sugar diabetes
sugar factory
sugar glider
sugar gum
sugar loaf
Sugar Loaf Mountain
sugar lump
sugar maple

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUGAR CANE

arcane
built cane
candy cane
cane
chicane
decane
dumb-cane
floricane
gold-headed cane
hexadecane
hurricane
lawyer cane
malacca cane
raspberry cane
recane
sarbacane
split cane
split-cane
swagger cane
sword cane

Synonyms and antonyms of sugar cane in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sugar cane» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUGAR CANE

Find out the translation of sugar cane to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sugar cane from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sugar cane» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

甘蔗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caña de azúcar
570 millions of speakers

English

sugar cane
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गन्ना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قصب السكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сладкая палочка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cana de açúcar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আখ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la canne à sucre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tebu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zuckerrohr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サトウキビ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사탕 수수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gula tebu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mía
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கரும்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऊस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şeker kamışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zucchero di canna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trzciny cukrowej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

солодка паличка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trestie de zahăr
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζάχαρη από ζαχαροκάλαμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

suikerriet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sockerrör
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sukkerrør
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUGAR CANE»

The term «sugar cane» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.386 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sugar cane

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QUOTES WITH «SUGAR CANE»

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Diane Abbott
My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUGAR CANE»

Discover the use of sugar cane in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sugar cane and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sugar Cane Cultivation and Management
This volume is intended for reference by the commercial sugar cane grower.
H. Bakker, 1999
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The Sugar Cane Industry: An Historical Geography from Its ...
This book is a geography of the sugar cane industry from its origins to 1914.
J. H. Galloway, 2005
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Management Accounting for the Sugar Cane Industry
The main objectives of this book are: to show how the tools and techniques of management accounting may be applied to the problems of the sugar cane industry; to provide a guide to the interpretation of management accounting information as ...
A. E. Fok Kam, 1988
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Bioenergy for Sustainable Development and International ...
This book describes how the bioenergy expansion will improve rural livelihoods, reduce costly energy imports, reduce GHG emissions, and offer new development paths.
Francis X. Johnson, Vikram Seebaluck, 2013
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Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel
A version of the folktale Rapunzel, set in the Caribbean.
Patricia Storace, 2007
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The Poetics of Empire: A Study of James Grainger_s The Sugar ...
This is the first reliable text and critical study of the poem, setting it within the context of Grainger's life and work.
John Gilmore, 2000
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Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Industries ...
R.A. Munoz, E.A. Suchman,J.M. Baztarrica and Carol J. Lehtola* Cultivation Sugar cane is a hardy crop that is cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical regions for its sucrose content and by-products such as molasses and bagasse (the waste ...
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998
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Sugar Cane
C. N. Babu. A. INTRODUCTION Among sugar producing plants, sugarcane is responsible for about 60% of world's sugar production, the remaining 40% coming from sugarbeet, a temperate zone crop. Cane is cultivated mainly in the tropics, ...
C. N. Babu, 1990
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Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida
A compelling inside portrait of the migrant workers--most imported seasonallyfrom Jamaica--who cut cane for the large American sugar companies in SouthernFlorida.
Alec Wilkinson, 1989
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Sugar Cane
Sugar Cane is the alias of an aspiring song writer, and through his attempts to break into the world of entertainment readers are given the behind the scenes activities of small-time producers.
Alex Morgan, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUGAR CANE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sugar cane is used in the context of the following news items.
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The plight of Karnataka's sugar cane farmers
Sugar cane farmers have been waging a long battle with mills and the state government, which owe them money for the crops purchased from them. «Livemint, Jun 15»
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Millions of farmers keep faith in sugar cane, shrug off poor returns
Millers have not paid up for his cane this year as falling sugar prices have hit their ... "In changing weather conditions, sugar cane is more reliable than others. «Reuters, May 15»
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New Clues To Mysterious Kidney Disease Afflicting Sugar Cane
In 2011 the study followed 500 sugar cane workers at one plantation, El Ingenio San Antonio in Nicaragua. The researchers found that the kidney function of ... «NPR, Feb 15»
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Oprah books new OWN series based on 'Queen Sugar' novel
Based on a first novel by Natalie Baszile, the book tells the story of Charley, a widow who inherits an enormous sugar cane farm in Louisiana and moves there ... «New York Post, Feb 15»
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New oversight set on burning sugar cane fields
L AFAYETTE — Stacey Judice remembers the roar and towering flames of the burning sugar cane just a few feet from the wooden fence around the Brock Pointe ... «The Advocate, Jun 14»
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Mysterious Kidney Disease Slays Farmworkers In Central America
Manuel Antonio Tejarino used to be a lean, fit field hand. During the sugar cane harvest, he'd swing a machete for hours, hacking at the thick, towering stalks. «NPR, Apr 14»
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Cyclone Ita's damage to far north Queensland sugar cane to cost …
Sugar cane growers in far north Queensland say about 90 per cent of crops in the region have been wiped out by now ex-Tropical Cyclone Ita. Peak group ... «ABC Online, Apr 14»
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UP govt keeps minimum sugar cane price at Rs280/quintal
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh (UP) government on Wednesday kept the minimum sugar cane price unchanged at Rs280 a quintal for 2013-14, refusing to give in to ... «Livemint, Nov 13»
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Sugar cane farmers' agitation turns violent in Maharashtra
PUNE: Farmers' agitation over cane price has intensified in top sugar producer Maharashtra with the state government refusing to intervene and the sugar mills ... «Economic Times, Nov 12»
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Sugar Cane Ethanol a $2 Billion Bet for Shell
Spooked by the oil crises of the early 1970s, Brazil's government promoted ethanol from sugarcane as fuel. Flex-fuel vehicles that run on gasoline or ethanol ... «Triple Pundit, Aug 10»

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