sugarcane

noun/ˈʃʊɡərkeɪn/

Frequency rank: #13,624 most common English word

Meaning

a tall tropical grass with thick stems that are a major source of sugar.

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Example sentence

Workers harvested sugarcane under the hot tropical sun for hours each day.

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