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Word: Ratoon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from Spanish retoño ‘a sprout’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rəˈtuːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a new shoot or sprout springing from the base of a crop plant, especially sugar cane, after cropping.
Short Definition:new shoot or sprout springing from base of crop plant after cropping
Word: Ratoon
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rəˈtuːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of sugar cane) produce ratoons.
Short Definition:(of sugar cane) produce ratoons
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