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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.