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Definition of ratooned in English English dictionary
- ratoon
- A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane
A number of very small fruits from Cayenne ratoons were recently examined.
- ratoon
- To sprout ratoons
In the sugar areas to the north and south of the Colony cane has been known to ratoon for 20 to 30 years.
- ratoon
- To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons
Attempts to propagate them by cuttings (of flowering shoots) and to ratoon the old plants in the greenhouse in November were unsuccessful.
- ratoon
- Same as Rattoon, v
- ratoon
- Same as Rattoon, n
- ratoon
- {i} shoot that sprouts from the base of a crop plant (such as pineapple, sugarcane or bananas) after the preceding growth has been cut back; crop produced on such ratoon
- ratoon
- A shoot sprouting from a cropped sugar cane root
- ratoon
- A rattan cane