rattoon

Definitions

1. 1.One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.
2. 2.To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane of the previous year's planting.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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