RATOON

Noun

ratoon (plural ratoons)

A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.

A rattan cane.

Verb

ratoon (third-person singular simple present ratoons, present participle ratooning, simple past and past participle ratooned)

(intransitive, of a plant) To sprout ratoons.

(transitive) To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons.

Anagrams

• Notaro

Source: Wiktionary


Ra*toon", n.

1. Same as Rattoon, n.

2. A rattan cane. [Obs.] Pepys.

Ra*toon", v. i.

Definition: Same as Rattoon, v. i.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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