cane sugar

noun

: sugar from sugarcane

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This matcha mix originates in Uji and Kagoshima, Japan, and it’s made of a mix of matcha powder and organic cane sugar for a slightly sweet taste. Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025 In New York, Casa Bosques’s Rafael Prieto painstakingly molds heirloom cacao and organic cane sugar into a chocolate domino set wrapped in gold foil. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025 The result is a laminated dough, much like an oversize croissant, that encases ribbons of raw cane sugar and cinnamon cream cheese. Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2025 With its Single Estate rum series, which launched in 2023, the brand is now making rum from cane grown on its own estate, in Mount Gay’s own sugar mill — which means the focus is on making quality molasses rather than quality cane sugar. Tony Sachs, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cane sugar

Word History

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cane sugar was in 1761

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“Cane sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cane%20sugar. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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cane sugar

noun
: sugar from sugarcane

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