Words / B2

KAYN/keɪn/

A cane is the hollow stem of plants such as sugar cane or bamboo; also a walking stick: sugar cane; a white cane. Stick and staff are close twins for the walking sense; sugar beet is a different crop. Map sugar cane in the plantation case, then the export figure. Mix-up: cane vs Cain; candy; do not write cane for a sweet slogan with no crop or mobility aid in the source.

Meaning

The hollow stem of plants such as sugar cane or bamboo; also a walking stick.

Examples

• “Map sugar cane in the plantation case, then the export figure, not a sweet slogan.”
• “A white cane featured in the access audit, which is the mobility-aid sense — still name the standard.”

Good to know

sugar cane; a walking / white cane; cane sugar. Crop twin: sugar beet. Trap: Cain. Geography, history, and citizenship. A plant stem, or a walking stick — specify.

Near in meaning

stick, staff, bamboo

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