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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as ratan.
  • noun See ratoon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See plant-cane.
  • intransitive verb To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year's planting.

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  • verb Alternative spelling of ratoon.

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