saccharum

WORDNET DICTIONARY

saccharum(n = noun.plant) genus saccharum - tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane; Array

is a kind of liliopsid genus, monocot genus

is a member of family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae

saccharum, n. [NL. See Saccharine.].

A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane. [1913 Webster]

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