[ræ'tu:n]
n.
(农作物, 尤指甘蔗的)截根苗
vi.
长出截根苗

Rattoon \Rat*toon"\ (r[a^]t*t[=oo]n"), n. [Sp. reto[~n]o.]
One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's
growth from the root, or later. See {Plant-cane}.


Rattoon \Rat*toon"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rattooned}
(-t[=oo]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rattooning}.] [Cf. Sp.
reto[~n]ar.]
To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the
root of the previous year's planting.