竹ちく糖とう

noun

Chinese sugarcane; Saccharum sinense

A type of sugarcane traditionally used in Japan for making wasanbon sugar. The reading ちくとう is standard; たけとう is a less common alternate reading.

See also: 和三盆 (わさんぼん)

• 竹ちく糖とうは和わ三さん盆ぼんの原げん料りょうとして知しられている。

  Chinese sugarcane is known as the raw material for wasanbon.