ratoon

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.
2. noun A rattan cane.
3. verb To sprout ratoons.
4. verb To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons.

Similar words

plant-cane tiller shootling rabe arrow primocane sprout root alley crop crop

Often followed by

crop crops stunting cane cropping cotton and rice sugarcane

Word family

ratooned ratooning ratoons