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Definition of Ratoon
1. n. Same as Rattoon,
2. v. i. Same as Rattoon,
Definition of Ratoon
1. Noun. A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive of a plant) To sprout ratoons. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ratoon
1. to sprout from a root planted the previous year [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratoon
Literary usage of Ratoon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rice Ratooning by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"Some factors influencing the growth of rice ratoon M. Ichii Kagawa University
Kagawa, Japan ABSTRACT ratoon growth varies according to the internal and ..."
2. Naval Officers: Their Heredity and Development by Charles Benedict Davenport (1919)
"JOSHUA ratoon SANDS. ... ratoon SANDS was born at Brooklyn, New York, May 13, 1795.
He entered the navy September 1812, and for a while was with Commodore ..."
3. The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1852)
"... therefore, no original deficiency to supply, and wherever the cane has ceased
to grow and to ratoon as it once did, it is because those substances have ..."
4. A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica: With Remarks Upon the by William Beckford (1790)
"... and that the production of it, when frem, may continue to ratoon as long as
... whereas the ratoon comes round for the coppers in one. ..."
5. Philippine Tariff: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of by Sereno Elisha Payne, William Howard Taft, United States War Dept (1906)
"Now, it seems from his testimony that he does sometimes grow two ratoon crops.
... On the question of ratoon crops, you have had experience in handling ..."
6. All about Hawaii (1913)
"... ratoon crop (second crop from planting) 100.00 200.00 Gross income from first
ratoon crop (15-20 tons at $20) 300.00 400.00 Net profit from first ratoon ..."
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