Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Saccharum n

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Panicoideae - subfamily; Andropogoneae - tribe

Hyponyms

• For the numerous species see Saccharum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Noun

saccharum n ‎(genitive sacchari); second declension

1. (New Latin) sugar

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• saccharon

Descendants

• English: saccharin
• Italian: saccarino
• Translingual: Saccharum

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “saccharum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• saccharum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

1. ↑ Barnette, Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies