saccharum

noun

sac·​cha·​rum

ˈsakərəm

1

capitalized : a genus of large grasses of the Old World tropics resembling reeds and having expanded panicles with very small paired spikelets intermixed with numerous silky hairs see sugarcane

2

plural -s [Latin] : sugar: such as

a

: sucrose

b

: invert sugar

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, sugar

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