Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Variant of ratoon.
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- v. Alternative spelling of ratoon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See plant-cane.
- intransitive v. To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year's planting.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See ratoon.
- n. Same as ratan.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The joints of the cane, being cut and laid horizontally in furrows, which are then covered over, spring up in a crop which comes to maturity in about a year; and when this is cut, the roots rattoon, or send up shoots for five or six years in succession.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
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It belongs rather to the second or third rattoon-crop, which, has sprung up under the influence of foreign stimuli.
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I met with Mr. Hawly, who was removing his things from Mr. Bowyer's, where he has lodged a great while, and I took him and W. Bowyer to the Swan and drank, and Mr. Hawly did give me a little black rattoon, -- [Probably an Indian rattan cane.] -- painted and gilt.
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a second though diminished harvest in the following spring, and so on for several years more until the rattoon or "stubble" yield became too small to be worth while.
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I met with Mr. Hawly, who was removing his things from Mr. Bowyer's, where he has lodged a great while, and I took him and W. Bowyer to the Swan and drank, and Mr. Hawly did give me a little black rattoon, ” [Probably an Indian rattan cane.] ” painted and gilt.
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