Saccharum (Noun)
Meaning
Tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Sugarcane or saccharum was one of the major export commodities in many tropical regions of the world during the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Ancient Chinese cultivated the tall perennial reedlike grass saccharum over 4,000 years ago to harvest sugar from it.
- Scientists now claim the widespread planting of the genus saccharum would bring better sugar harvest and cleaner production of rum and sugar byproducts.
- One potential major sugar substitute involves breaking down sugarcane, saccharum officinarum into something better known as cane sugar alcohol or butanol.
- Because sugarcane is botanically a grass known scientifically as genus saccharum or sometimes called bamboo for certain qualities and an area suitable to a subtropical and warm region to a savanna for more warmness can then potentially benefit most local economic ecosystems for commercial gain