[ rə'tu:n ]
■ noun a new shoot springing from the base of a crop plant, especially sugar cane, after cropping.
■ verb produce or cause to produce ~s.
Origin
C17: from Sp. retoño 'a sprout'.
[ rə'tu:n ]
■ noun a new shoot springing from the base of a crop plant, especially sugar cane, after cropping.
■ verb produce or cause to produce ~s.
Origin
C17: from Sp. retoño 'a sprout'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004