Etymology

ratoon

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Today it means: A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane. Full definition →

Spanish retoño
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromretoño
  2. English todayratoon

Possibly from Spanish retoño.

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