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Meaning of 'cane' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cane [ n.]
- A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
- Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.
- Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry.
- A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.
- A lance or dart made of cane.
- A local European measure of length. See Canna.
2 . Cane [ v. t.]
- To beat with a cane.
- To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.

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