Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

saccharum

 
Dictionary: Sac·cha·rum
Home > Library > Literature & Language > Webster 1913

n.

[NL. See Saccharine.]
(Bot.) A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.

Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

Medical Dictionary: sac·cha·rum
Top
Home > Library > Health > Medical Dictionary
(săk'ə-rəm)
n.

Sucrose.

Veterinary Dictionary: saccharum
Top
Home > Library > Animal Life > Veterinary Dictionary

[L.] sugar (especially sucrose).

Word Tutor: Saccharum
Top
Home > Library > Literature & Language > Spelling & Usage
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - Tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane.

 
 
Learn More
specific epithet
cane sugar
sugar cane

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy  Read more
Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
Word Tutor. Copyright © 2004-present by eSpindle Learning, a 501(c) nonprofit organization. All rights reserved.
eSpindle provides personalized spelling and vocabulary tutoring online; free trial.  Read more