The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Saccharum \Sac"cha*rum\, n. [NL. See Saccharine.] (Bot.) A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Saccharum n 1: tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane [syn: Saccharum, genus Saccharum]