Canebrake
a thicket of canes.
Historical Examples
Strange Stories of the Great Valley Abbie Johnston Grosvenor
The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana Frank Gee Patchin
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
Space Tug Murray Leinster
The Master Mystery Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey
The Rock of Chickamauga Joseph A. Altsheler
The Prairie Flower Gustave Aimard
The Preaching Tours and Missionary Labours of George Mller (of Bristol) Mrs. Mller
Strange Stories of the Great Valley Abbie Johnston Grosvenor
For the Major Constance Fenimore Woolson
noun
(US) a thicket of canes
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- Cane-chair
a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane. Historical Examples Old Fritz and the New Era Louise Muhlbach Louisa Of Prussia and Her Times Louise Muhlbach Leonora Arnold Bennett Fitz the Filibuster George Manville Fenn
- Cane-cutter
any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes. Historical Examples The West Indies and the Spanish Main [1899] James Rodway
- Canecutter
any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
- Cane-gall
a disease of blackberries, characterized by rough, warty outgrowths on the canes, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium rubi.
- Cane-grass
noun (Austral) any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps