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Ratoon

Ratoon \Ra*toon"\ (r[.a]*t[=oo]n"), n.

  1. Same as Rattoon, n.

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

Ratoon

Ratoon \Ra*toon"\, v. i. Same as Rattoon, v. i.

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ratoon

alt. 1 A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane. 2 A rattan cane. n. 1 A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane. 2 A rattan cane. vb. 1 (context intransitive of a plant English) To sprout ratoons. 2 (context transitive English) To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons.