sugarcane

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She noted in a prepared statement that the import tariff "creates a trade barrier to ethanol produced from sources like sugarcane, which is less greenhouse gas intensive than ethanol produced from corn."

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  1. tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
  2. juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice

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  • We ate scones and drank juice of apple fruit, much like you had tea and crumples with Millie, only I made the scones with ground wheat, sugarcane, and other things we grow. —  Up In A Heaval
  • The crawler was lumbering between tall green walls of what Savi said was sugarcane, the road not quite wide enough for the crawler and green stalks crunching under the six wheels, when Harman noticed the gray-green humanoid things slipping through the fields on either side. —  Dan Simmons - Hockenberry 1 - Ilium
  • People at Pepsi, listen up: sugarcane is awesome, but not as a replacement for my artificial sweeteners. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • On saturday the virus was discovered by a smart surfer by the handle sugarcane, his Norton Antivirus alerted him to the Nimda virus he had just downloaded unknowingly from Resume. se. —  Adland
  • Bagasse take-out products are made from sugarcane, a renewable resource. —  The Diamondback
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