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Rattoon
Rat-toon′
(răt-toōn′)
, Noun.
[Sp.
retoño
.] One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year’s growth from the root, or later. See
Plant-cane
. Rat-toon′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rattooned
(-toōnd′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rattooning
.] [Cf. Sp.
retoñar
.] To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year's planting.
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rattoon
rattoon
English
Noun
rattoon (plural rattoons)
- Alternative spelling of ratoon (“rattan cane”)
- 1660 September 13, Pepys, Samuel, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, volume 1, Dodd, Mead & Company, published 1885, page 241:
- Mr. Hawley did give me a little black rattoon, painted and gilt.
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Verb
rattoon (third-person singular simple present rattoons, present participle rattooning, simple past and past participle rattooned)
- Alternative spelling of ratoon