sugar cane vs vegetable

sugar cane

noun
  • A tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum, including hybrids) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar. 

  • A candy cane, an edible candy in the shape of a cane. 

vegetable

noun
  • Any plant. 

  • A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state. 

  • A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense. 

  • The edible part of such a plant. 

adj
  • Of or relating to plants. 

  • Of or relating to vegetables. 

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