n.
Pronunciation: ra- ' tün
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish retoño, from retoñar to sprout, from re- (fr. L) + otoñar to grow in autumn, from otoño autumn, from Latin autumnus
Date: 1631
1 : a shoot of a perennial plant (as sugarcane)
2 : a crop (as of bananas) produced on ratoons