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ratoon

The correct spelling is ratoon.

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noun

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The correct spelling is ratoon. A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.
  2. 2.A rattan cane.

verb

  1. 1.(of a plant) To sprout ratoons.
  2. 2.To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons.

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