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Cane

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Cane or caning may refer to:

  • Walking stick or walking cane, a device used primarily to aid walking
  • Assistive cane, a walking stick used as a mobility aid for better balance
  • White cane, a mobility or safety device used by many people who are blind or visually impaired
  • Caning, a form of corporal punishment

Plants

  • Cane (grass), tall perennial grasses with woody stalks
  • Sugarcane, Sacchrum
  • Cane (vine), the part of a grapevine that supports the new growth
  • Cane ash, the white ash tree, Fraxinus americana
  • Cane cholla, Cylindropuntia imbricata, a cactus

Animals

  • Cane beetle, Dermolepida albohirtum, a pest of sugarcane, native to Australia
  • Cane Corso, an Italian Mastiff
  • Cane mouse, Zygodontomys, a rodent from Central and 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

Places

  • Cane, La Paz, Honduras
  • Cane, U.S. Virgin Islands, a settlement on the island of Saint Croix
  • Cane River (disambiguation), various rivers or other places
  • Canë or Qana', an old name for the Yemeni port of Mukalla

People

  • Cane (musician) (born Zoran Kostić, 1964), Serbian rock musician
  • Facino Cane (1360–1412), Italian condottiero
  • Sam Cane (born 1992), New Zealand rugby player

Entertainment and the arts

  • Cane (novel), African-American novel by Jean Toomer
  • Cane (TV series), a U.S. television show
  • Caning (film), 1979 Hong Kong crime drama film
  • Cane Ashby, a character on "The Young and the Restless"

Sports

  • 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

Other uses

  • Caning (furniture), weaving chair seats and other furniture out of cane, wicker, or rattan
  • Candy cane, a confection
  • Cane gun, a gun disguised as a walking cane
  • Cane sword, a cane with a blade inside
  • Caneworking, a style of glassblowing
  • CanE, an abbreviation of Canadian English
  • CANE, the Classical Association of New England

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Cane
  • All pages with titles containing Cane
  • Cain (disambiguation)
  • Caine (disambiguation)
  • Cains (disambiguation)
  • Canebrake (disambiguation)
  • Kain (disambiguation)
  • Kane (disambiguation)
  • Caen, a commune in northwestern France
  • Ó Catháin, an Irish surname sometimes anglicized as Kane
  • Canes Venatici, a constellation sometimes shortened to just "Canes"
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