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rattoon

rattoon


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rattoon  \Rat*toon"\,  n.  [Sp.  reto[~n]o.] 
  One  of  the  stems  or  shoots  of  sugar  cane  of  the  second  year's 
  growth  from  the  root,  or  later  See  {Plant-cane}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rattoon  \Rat*toon"\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rattooned};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Rattooning}.]  [Cf.  Sp  reto[~n]ar.] 
  To  sprout  or  spring  up  from  the  root,  as  sugar  cane  of  the 
  previous  year's  planting.