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cane sugar

noun

  1. sugar obtained from sugarcane, identical with that obtained from the sugar beet.

cane sugar

noun

  1. the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet See also beet sugar
  2. another name for sucrose
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of cane sugar1

First recorded in 1850–55
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