ra·toon also rat·toon (r -t n )n. A shoot sprouting from a plant base, as in the banana, pineapple, or sugar cane. v. ra·tooned also rat·tooned, ra·toon·ing also rat·toon·ing, ra·toons also rat·toons v.intr. To produce or grow as a ratoon. v.tr. To propagate (a crop) from ratoons. [Spanish retoño, sprout, from retoñar, to sprout : re-, again (from Latin; see re-) + otoñar, to grow in autumn (from otoño, autumn, from Latin autumnus; see autumn).] |
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