saccharum

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Saccharum
    n 1: tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern
         Asia: sugarcane [syn: {Saccharum}, {genus Saccharum}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Saccharum \Sac"cha*rum\, n. [NL. See {Saccharine}.] (Bot.)
   A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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