: a stout tall perennial grass (Saccharum officinarum) native to tropical southeast Asia that has a large terminal panicle and is widely grown in warm regions as a source of sugar
Illustration of sugarcane
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Recent Examples on the WebMiles of cotton and sugarcane crops, banana orchards and vegetable fields in the two provinces were submerged in floodwaters.Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2022 Black sugar starts production in the same way as white sugar—by boiling sugarcane to separate out the sugar. Nico Avalle, Bon Appétit, 7 Sep. 2022 More recently, the biotech company Amyris has been producing it from sugarcane. Jennifer G. Sullivan, Allure, 31 July 2022 Vusa Vodka is made from African sugarcane grown in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, and distilled in small batches in copper pot stills. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 July 2022 Do any of the following materials alarm you: soy, hemp, horsehair, mohair, coconut fibre, green tea, polylactide derived from sugarcane? Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 In June 2021, Joanna Kimla launched a brand of nail polishes and cosmetics using natural ingredients such as sea bamboo and squalane oil, derived from sugarcane. Katherine Love, Forbes, 16 June 2022 Even the zipper and zipper pulls are eco-friendly, with 30 percent of their polyester coming from sugarcane.Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2022 While many distilleries opt for sugarcane or molasses, Rincon leans on a highly local ingredient: cactus. Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 31 July 2022 See More