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cane n
1. a stick that people use to help them walk
2. a long flexible stick for administering beatings, especially one formerly used to punish schoolchildren
3. a hollow lightweight stem of a tropical plant, especially bamboo, used in various ways in the house and garden, for example, as a growing support for plants
4. the stems of various palms and grass plants, for example, rattan, woven together to make furniture, baskets, and other household items
5. the long woody stem of various fruit-bearing plants such as the raspberry or blackberry
6. a coarse grass or reed with long stiff stems, for example, sugar cane or sorghum
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