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Definition of ratoon in English: ratoonnoun rəˈtuːnrəˈtun A new shoot or sprout springing from the base of a crop plant, especially sugar cane, after cropping. Example sentencesExamples - Mother pineapple plants produce two types of suckers - ratoons emerge from below the soil; other suckers develop in the leaf axils.
- The plantation would provide seed, ratoons (cane striplings), tools, fertilizer, irrigation, and so on, and would pay a stipulated price for delivered cane.
Synonyms sprout, offshoot, scion, sucker, bud, spear, runner, tendril, sprig, cutting
verb rəˈtuːnrəˈtun [no object]1(of sugar cane) produce ratoons. Example sentencesExamples - Farmers can also prevent pests and disease build-up in cotton growing by avoiding ratooning.
- Hybridizations were made using ratooning plants from the selected individuals in each generation.
- 1.1with object Cut down (a plant) to cause it to produce ratoons.
ratooned plants produce a much earlier crop Example sentencesExamples - The practice of ratooning exploits the perennial tendencies of some land-races and cultivars of sorghum.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Spanish retoño 'a sprout'. Rhymes afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon Definition of ratoon in US English: ratoonnounrəˈto͞onrəˈtun A new shoot or sprout springing from the base of a crop plant, especially sugar cane, after cropping. Example sentencesExamples - Mother pineapple plants produce two types of suckers - ratoons emerge from below the soil; other suckers develop in the leaf axils.
- The plantation would provide seed, ratoons (cane striplings), tools, fertilizer, irrigation, and so on, and would pay a stipulated price for delivered cane.
Synonyms sprout, offshoot, scion, sucker, bud, spear, runner, tendril, sprig, cutting
verbrəˈto͞onrəˈtun [no object]1(of sugar cane) produce ratoons. Example sentencesExamples - Hybridizations were made using ratooning plants from the selected individuals in each generation.
- Farmers can also prevent pests and disease build-up in cotton growing by avoiding ratooning.
- 1.1with object Cut down (a plant) to cause it to produce ratoons.
ratooned plants produce a much earlier crop Example sentencesExamples - The practice of ratooning exploits the perennial tendencies of some land-races and cultivars of sorghum.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Spanish retoño ‘a sprout’. |