Saccharum

See also: saccharum

Translingual

Saccharum officinarum

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Pali sakkharābor.

Ancient Greek σᾰ́κχᾰρ (sắkkhăr)

Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)der.

Latin saccharon

Latin saccharumbor.

Translingual Saccharum

Borrowed from Latin saccharum, from Ancient Greek σάκχαρον (sákkharon, “sugar”).

Proper noun

Saccharum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – sugar canes.

Usage notes

• Most species were formerly in genus Erianthus. Some, especially those from Erianthus, are now in genera Lasiorhachis (Madagascar sugar canes) and Tripidium.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Poaceae – family; Panicoideae – subfamily; Andropogoneae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Saccharum officinarum – type species; for the other species see Saccharum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Saccharum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saccharum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Saccharum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Saccharum at Plants of the World Online