Cane

(kān.) [L. canna.] (Bot.) A common commercial name for the stems of various gra es, palms, . -C. BAMBOO, C. BRAKE, Bambusa a rund in ace a; C. DRAGON, a kind of Rattan cane; C. GREAT RATTAN, Calamus rudentum; C. GROUND RATTAN, Rhapis flabelliform is; C. MALACCA, the stem of Calamus scipionum, used for making walking-sticks; C. RATTAN, Culamus ro tang; C. REED, the stem of some gra es ofour S.States, largely exported for making weavers' shuttles; C. SWEET, Andropogon Calamus aromatic us; C. SUGAR, Saccharum of ficin arum; C. ToBAGO, the stem ofBactris minor, used for walking-sticks. [s. 136]