Eg, bamboo; punish (4)

I believe the answer is:

cane

(Other definitions for cane that I've seen before include "not beet" , "Slender stem of bamboo etc" , "Sugar plant" , "Bamboo rod" , "Malacca, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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