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| ra·toon [ rə tn ] or rat·toon [ rə tn ] |
noun (plural ra·toons) (plural rat·toons) |
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1. shoot at base of plant: a shoot growing up from the base of a crop plant such as sugar cane or bananas after the previous growth has been cut back
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2. crop produced on ratoons: a crop that is produced on ratoons, e.g. sugar cane, bananas, or pineapples
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle ra·tooned, present participle ra·toon·ing, 3rd person present singular ra·toons) (past and past participle rat·tooned, present participle rat·toon·ing, 3rd person present singular rat·toons) |
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propagate something with ratoons: to propagate a crop by inducing the formation of ratoons, or send up ratoons
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| [Mid-17th century. < Spanish retoño "new shoot"] |
