cane : Idioms & Phrases

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candy cane

  • noun a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes)
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cane blight

  • noun a disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants)
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Cane borer

  • (Zoö.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc.
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Cane mill

  • a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar.
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cane reed

  • noun tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets
    Arundinaria gigantea; cane reed.
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cane sugar

  • noun sucrose obtained from sugar cane
  • noun sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent
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Cane trash

  • the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc.
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Dumb cane

  • noun an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
    Dieffenbachia sequine; mother-in-law plant; mother-in-law's tongue.
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  • (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family (Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech.
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gentleman's-cane

  • noun tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal
    prince's-plume; Amaranthus cruentus; prince's-feather; Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus; Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys; purple amaranth; red amaranth.
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giant cane

  • noun tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets
    Arundinaria gigantea; cane reed.
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lawyer cane

  • noun tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia
    Calamus australis.
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Malacca cane

  • noun a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm
    malacca.
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  • (Bot.), a cane obtained from a species of palm of the genus Calamus (C. Scipionum), and of a brown color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays.
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noble cane

  • noun sugarcanes representing the highest development of the species; characterized by large juicy stalks with soft rinds and high sugar content
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plant-cane

Plant"-cane` noun
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  1. A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.
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rattan cane

  • noun the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
    rattan.
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small cane

  • noun small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States
    Arundinaria tecta; small cane.
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Sugar cane

  • noun juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
    sugarcane.
  • noun tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
    sugarcane; Saccharum officinarum.
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  • (Bot.), a tall perennial grass (Saccharum officinarium), with thick short-jointed stems. It has been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.
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Sweet calamus, ∨ Sweet cane

  • . (Bot.) Same as Sweet flag, below.
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switch cane

  • noun small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States
    Arundinaria tecta; small cane.
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Sword cane

  • noun a cane concealing a sword or dagger
    sword stick.
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  • a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath.
Webster 1913