canegrub
English
noun
Definitions
- A grub that eats the roots of sugar cane.
Etymology
Compound from English cane + English grub (food).
Origin
English
grub
Gloss
food
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cane English
- caneball English
- canebrake English
- canecutter English
- canefield English
- canefruit English
- canegrass English
- caneland English
- caneless English
- canelike English
- caner English
- caneware English
- caneworking English
- cany English
- dumbcane English
- grub English
- grubber English
- grubble English
- grubhouse English
- grublike English
- grubling English
- grubstake English
- grubworm English
- recane English
- rivercane English
- undergrub English
- witchety grub English
- *grubbian Old English
- cane Middle English
- kejn Maltese