sugar cane

caña de azúcar

Planta alta de climas cálidos cuyos tallos gruesos contienen un jugo dulce del que se obtiene azúcar.

En inglés sencillo: A tall plant grown in hot countries whose thick stems contain sweet juice used to make sugar.

• They grow sugar cane here.
• Workers cut the sugar cane and load it onto trucks.
• The factory makes sugar from the juice of sugar cane.

Sinónimos: sugarcane

Expresiones frecuentes: grow sugar cane, cut sugar cane, sugar cane fields

bastón de caramelo

Golosina con forma de bastón, a menudo con rayas rojas y blancas.

En inglés sencillo: A sweet made in the shape of a walking stick, often with red and white stripes.

• The child ate a sugar cane.
• They hung red and white sugar canes on the tree.
• She put a peppermint sugar cane in each gift bag.

Sinónimos: candy cane

Expresiones frecuentes: a sugar cane, striped sugar cane, eat sugar cane