RATOON


Meaning of RATOON in English

I. ra-ˈtün noun

Etymology: Spanish retoño, from retoñar to sprout, from re- (from Latin) + 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

II. verb

Date: 1756

intransitive verb

: to sprout or spring up from the root

transitive verb

: to grow or produce (a crop) from or on ratoons

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.