01 n. A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Dæmanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
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A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Dæmanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.(Bot.)“Like light canes, that first rise big and brave.” — B. Jonson.
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A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one of the species of cane.“Stir the fire with your master's cane.” — Swift.
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A lance or dart made of cane.[R.]“Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign The flying skirmish of the darted cane.” — Dryden.
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A local European measure of length. See Canna. See: Canna
Phrases & compounds
Cane borer —
A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc.
Cane mill —
a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar.
Cane trash —
the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc.