sword dance sword dancing | any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air |
cane | a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment |
cane | a stick that people can lean on to help them walk |
cavalry sword saber sabre | a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back |
fencing sword | a sword used in the sport of fencing |
malacca malacca cane | a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm |
sword blade brand steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
sword cane sword stick | a cane concealing a sword or dagger |
sword knot | an ornamental tassel on the hilt of a sword |
cane sugar | sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent |
candy cane | a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes) |
Abu Sayyaf Bearer of the Sword | a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines, uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping, In Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives |
dumb cane mother-in-law plant mother-in-law's tongue Dieffenbachia sequine | an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves, contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name |
sword grass | any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges |
sugarcane sugar cane Saccharum officinarum | tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks, sap is a chief source of sugar |
sugarcane sugar cane | juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar, fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice |
noble cane | sugarcanes representing the highest development of the species, characterized by large juicy stalks with soft rinds and high sugar content |
cane | a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane |
rattan rattan cane | the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes |
giant cane cane reed Arundinaria gigantea | tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets |
small cane switch cane Arundinaria tecta | small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States |
kangaroo paw kangaroo's paw kangaroo's-foot kangaroo-foot plant Australian sword lily Anigozanthus manglesii | sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs, Australia |
iris flag fleur-de-lis sword lily | plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing brightolored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals |
gladiolus gladiola glad sword lily | any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers, widely cultivated |
sword bean Canavalia gladiata | twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans, long cultivated in Orient for food |
lawyer cane Calamus australis | tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia |
sword fern | any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed |
basket fern toothed sword fern Nephrolepis pectinata | tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage, West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil |
cane blight | a disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants) |
sword of Damocles | a constant and imminent peril, the possibility hangs over their heads like the sword of Damocles |
cane sugar | sucrose obtained from sugar cane |
cane flog lambaste lambast | beat with a cane |
ensiform sword-shaped swordlike bladelike | shaped like a sword blade, the iris has an ensiform leaf |