Cane

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Contents 1 In plant names 2 In animal names 3 In place names 4 In entertainment and the arts 5 In sports 6 Other 7 See also

Cane is a large, woody stemmed, perennial grass that grows in damp soils.

Taxa of cane are:

• Arundo, Old World canes
• Arundinaria, New World canes
• Arundo donax, Giant Cane

Cane may also refer to:

• Cane (tool), a thick, rigid rod or staff used as a walking aid or fashion accessory
• Cane (medical device), a medical device used for facilitating balanced movement
• Caning, a form of corporal punishment administered with a thin, flexible rattan
• Caning (furniture), the manufacture of chairs etc. from bamboo or rattan cane or cane-like material

[edit] In plant names

• Sugarcane, Sacchrum
  • Cane ethanol, fuel made from sugarcane, especially in Brazil
  • Cane holing, the planting of sugarcane
• Cane Ash, the White Ash tree, Fraxinus americana
• Cane Cholla, Cylindropuntia imbricata, a cactus

[edit] In animal names

• Cane beetle, Dermolepida albohirtum, a pest of sugarcane, native to Australia
• Cane Corso, 'racing dog', the Italian Mastiff
• Cane Mouse, Lund's Amphibious Rat, Lundomys molitor, native to South America
• Cane rat, Thryonomys, a large rodent native to Africa
• Cane spider, the Brown Huntsman Spider, Heteropoda venatoria, native to the Caribbean
• Cane toad, Bufo marinus, native to Latin America
• Cane Turtle, Vijayachelys silvatica, native to the Cochin Forest, India

[edit] In place names

• Canë or Qana', an old name for the Yemeni port of Mukalla
• Cane Island in Katy, Texas
• Canë, La Paz, Honduras
• Cane Grove, Guyana
• Cane Patch, a historic site in Florida
• Cane Ridge, Kentucky
• Cane River, a river in Louisiana
  • Cane River Lake
• Cane Valley, Kentucky
• Cane Hill, a former psychiatric hospital in Coulsdon, London

[edit] In entertainment and the arts

• Cane (musician)
• Cane (novel), African-American novel by Jean Toomer
• "Cane" (TV series), a television show on the Columbia Broadcasting System
• Cane Ashby, a character in "The Young and the Restless" on the Columbia Broadcasting System
• Facino Cane (1360—1412), Italian condottiero
• Citizen Caned (b. 1972), Darren Tate, an English record producer and club disk jockey
• Citizen Kane (1941), the first feature film directed by Orson Welles

[edit] In sports

• Cane hockey, colloquial for "roller hockey"
• Cane Pace, a horse racing competition
• Carolina Hurricanes, a National Hockey League team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, nicknamed the 'Canes
• Miami Hurricanes, the athletic teams of the University of Miami, nicknamed the 'Canes

[edit] Other

• Cane gun, a gun disguised as a walking cane
• Cane sword, a cane with a blade inside

[edit] See also

• Caen
• Cain (disambiguation)
• Cain, a biblical character
• Caine
• Cains
• Kain
• Kane
• O'Cahan, an Irish surname; the anglicized form is Kane

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