Rat*toon" (?), n. [Sp. retono.]
One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.
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Rat*toon", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Rattooning.] [Cf. Sp. retonar.]
To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane of the previous year's planting.
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