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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. （作物，尤指甘蔗的）根蘖，截根苗，根出苗 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. （甘蔗）长根蕖 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.
截根培植（植物），使长根蘖 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.
OriginMid 17th century: from Spanish retoño 'a sprout'. Rhymesafternoon, 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. （作物，尤指甘蔗的）根蘖，截根苗，根出苗 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. （甘蔗）长根蕖 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.
截根培植（植物），使长根蘖 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.
OriginMid 17th century: from Spanish retoño ‘a sprout’. |