genus saccharum

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   tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane

   SynonymsSaccharum

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus saccharum

What does genus saccharum mean?

genus saccharum means "tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane".

What is another word for genus saccharum?

Close synonyms include Saccharum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus saccharum a common word?

genus saccharum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.