ratoon
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Definitions
noun
- A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.
- A rattan cane.
verb
- (of a plant) To sprout ratoons.
- To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons.
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Synonyms
plant-canetillershootlingrabearrowprimocanesproutrootalley cropcroptaprootfruitcroprootstockcornwatersproutcropper