caña de azúcar
Spanish, noun/ˌkaɲa de aˈθukaɾ/
caña de azúcar is spelled C-A-Ñ-A-D-E-A-Z-Ú-C-A-R (12 letters). Caña de azúcar is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caña de azúcar mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. (Saccharum officinarum) Planta gramínea, originaria de la India, con el tallo leñoso, de unos dos metros de altura, hojas largas, lampiñas, y flores en panoja piramidal purpúreas; el tallo está lleno de un tejido esponjoso y dulce del que se extrae azúcar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caña de azúcar
- cañas de azúcar plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caña de azúcar?
- /ˌkaɲa de aˈθukaɾ/
- [ˌka.ɲa ð̞e aˈθu.kaɾ]
- /ˌkaɲa de aˈsukaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.