arundinaria tecta

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arundinaria tecta - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cane \Cane\ (k[=a]n), n. [OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne,
     L. canna, fr. Gr. ka`nna, ka`nnh; prob. of Semitic origin;
     cf. Heb. q[=a]neh reed. Cf. Canister, canon, 1st
     Cannon.]
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     1. (Bot.)
        (a) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of
            Calamus and D[ae]manorops, having very long,
            smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
        (b) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and
            bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.
        (c) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as,
            the canes of a raspberry.
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                  Like light canes, that first rise big and brave.
                                                    --B. Jonson.
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     Note: In the Southern United States great cane is the
           Arundinaria macrosperma, and small cane is.
           Arundinaria tecta.
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     2. A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally
        made of one of the species of cane.
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              Stir the fire with your master's cane. --Swift.
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     3. A lance or dart made of cane. [R.]
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              Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign
              The flying skirmish of the darted cane. --Dryden.
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     4. A local European measure of length. See Canna.
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     Cane borer (Zool.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which,
        in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes
        or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc.
  
     Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the
        manufacture of sugar.
  
     Cane trash, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar
        cane, used for fuel, etc.
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arundinaria tecta - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Arundinaria tecta
      n 1: small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United
           States [syn: small cane, switch cane, Arundinaria tecta
           ]