ratoon

  1. Noun.  A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive, of a plant) To sprout ratoons.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons.

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