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ratoon
ra·toon R0054600 (ră-to͞on′)n. A shoot sprouting from a plant base, as in the banana, pineapple, or sugarcane.v. ra·tooned, ra·toon·ing, ra·toons v.intr. To produce or grow as a ratoon.v.tr. To propagate (a crop) from ratoons.
[Spanish retoño, sprout, from retoñar, to sprout : re-, again (from Latin; see re-) + otoñar, to grow in autumn (from otoño, autumn, from Latin autumnus; see autumn).]ratoon (ræˈtuːn) or rattoonn (Agriculture) a new shoot that grows from near the root or crown of crop plants, esp the sugar cane, after the old growth has been cut backvb (Agriculture) to propagate or cause to propagate by such a growth[C18: from Spanish retoño young shoot, from re- + otoñar to sprout in autumn, from otoño autumn]ra•toon (ræˈtun)
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. [1625–35; < Sp retoño sprout, derivative of retoñar to sprout again in the fall] ratoon
Past participle: ratooned
Gerund: ratooning
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| I ratoon | | you ratoon | | he/she/it ratoons | | we ratoon | | you ratoon | | they ratoon |
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| I ratooned | | you ratooned | | he/she/it ratooned | | we ratooned | | you ratooned | | they ratooned |
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| I am ratooning | | you are ratooning | | he/she/it is ratooning | | we are ratooning | | you are ratooning | | they are ratooning |
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| I have ratooned | | you have ratooned | | he/she/it has ratooned | | we have ratooned | | you have ratooned | | they have ratooned |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was ratooning | | you were ratooning | | he/she/it was ratooning | | we were ratooning | | you were ratooning | | they were ratooning |
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| I had ratooned | | you had ratooned | | he/she/it had ratooned | | we had ratooned | | you had ratooned | | they had ratooned |
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| I will ratoon | | you will ratoon | | he/she/it will ratoon | | we will ratoon | | you will ratoon | | they will ratoon |
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| I will have ratooned | | you will have ratooned | | he/she/it will have ratooned | | we will have ratooned | | you will have ratooned | | they will have ratooned |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be ratooning | | you will be ratooning | | he/she/it will be ratooning | | we will be ratooning | | you will be ratooning | | they will be ratooning |
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| I have been ratooning | | you have been ratooning | | he/she/it has been ratooning | | we have been ratooning | | you have been ratooning | | they have been ratooning |
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| I will have been ratooning | | you will have been ratooning | | he/she/it will have been ratooning | | we will have been ratooning | | you will have been ratooning | | they will have been ratooning |
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| I had been ratooning | | you had been ratooning | | he/she/it had been ratooning | | we had been ratooning | | you had been ratooning | | they had been ratooning |
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| I would ratoon | | you would ratoon | | he/she/it would ratoon | | we would ratoon | | you would ratoon | | they would ratoon |
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| I would have ratooned | | you would have ratooned | | he/she/it would have ratooned | | we would have ratooned | | you would have ratooned | | they would have ratooned |
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