— ratooner , n.
/ra toohn"/ , n.
1. a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, esp. a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
v.i. , v.t.
2. to put forth or cause to put forth ratoons.
Also, rattoon .
[ 1625-35; retoño sprout, deriv. of retoñar to sprout again in the fall, equiv. to re- RE- + - ( o ) toñar, deriv. of otoño AUTUMN ]