ratoon

 [ra-toon]  

ra·toon

   [ra-toon]
noun
1.
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
2.
to put forth or cause to put forth ratoons.

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Also, rattoon.

Origin:
1625–35; < Spanish retoño sprout, derivative of retoñar to sprout again in the fall, equivalent to re- re- + -(o)toñar, derivative of otoño autumn

Related forms
ra·toon·er, noun
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ratoon or rattoon (ræˈtuːn)
 
—n
1.  a new shoot that grows from near the root or crown of crop plants, esp the sugar cane, after the old growth has been cut back
 
—vb
2.  to propagate or cause to propagate by such a growth
 
[C18: from Spanish retoño young shoot, from re- + otoñar to sprout in autumn, from otoñoautumn]
 
rattoon or rattoon
 
—n
 
—vb
 
[C18: from Spanish retoño young shoot, from re- + otoñar to sprout in autumn, from otoñoautumn]

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