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Definition: Rattoon
Rattoon
\Rat*toon"\ (r[a^]t*t[=oo]n"), n. [Sp. reto[~n]o.]
One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's
growth from the root, or later. See
Plant-cane.
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Rattoon
\Rat*toon"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Rattooned
(-t[=oo]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rattooning.] [Cf. Sp.
reto[~n]ar.]
To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the
root of the previous year's planting.
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