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Webster 1913 Edition


Plant-cane

Plant′-caneˊ

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Noun.
A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.

Definition 2024


plant-cane

plant-cane

English

Noun

plant-cane (plural plant-canes)

  1. A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting.

Usage notes

  • The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.