- 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。
no obj.
1- (of sugar cane) produce ratoons（甘蔗）长根蕖。
1.1
- with obj. cut down (a plant) to cause it to sprout in this way截根培植（植物）, 使长根蘖。
词源
mid 17th cent. (as a noun)： from Spanish retoño 'a sprout'.