Saccharum

See also: saccharum

Translingual

Etymology

Latin saccharum (“sugar”)

Proper noun

Saccharum n

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the sugar canes.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Panicoideae - subfamily; Andropogoneae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Saccharum officinarum - type species; for the numerous other species see Saccharum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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