cane sugar

sugar obtained from sugar cane, identical with that obtained from the sugar beet. Compare sugar(def 1).

Origin of cane sugar

First recorded in 1850–55

The taste is very pure, and more quickly communicated to the palate than that of cane-sugar.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 |Various
Cane-sugar is more soluble than the latter, and has twice the sweetening power.

A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene |Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
One of these, widely used in the United States, in both the beet and cane-sugar industries, is known as “Blankit.”

The Philippine Agricultural Review |Various
Continuous presses for beet were suggested by the roller-mills used in the cane-sugar industry.

A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products |F. B. Wright

The sugar-beet is extensively cultivated, in spite of the great trade resulting from the cane-sugar industry of the East Indies.

Commercial Geography |Jacques W. Redway

cane sugar

the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet See also beet sugar

another name for sucrose