J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"

sugar-cane

sug·​ar·​cane ˈshu̇-gər-ˌkān 
Noun
a stout tall perennial grass (Saccharum officinarum) native to tropical southeast Asia that has a large terminal panicle and is widely grown in warm regions as a source of sugar

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