"giant cane" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: giant canes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} giant cane (plural giant canes)
  1. Certain large cane plants, similar in appearance, in family Poaceae.
    Arundo donax, usually called giant reed, of the Mediterranean and vicinity.
    Categories (lifeform): Bamboos, Grasses
    Sense id: en-giant_cane-en-noun-SdxxJYuC Disambiguation of Bamboos: 56 44 Disambiguation of Grasses: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 74 26
  2. Certain large cane plants, similar in appearance, in family Poaceae.
    Arundinaria gigantea (rivercane), of the southeastern US.
    Categories (lifeform): Grasses
    Sense id: en-giant_cane-en-noun-zFrXWpAN Disambiguation of Grasses: 54 46

Inflected forms

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