First Known Use: 1631
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1ratoon
noun ra·toon \ra-ˈtün\
Definition of RATOON
1
: a shoot of a perennial plant (as sugarcane)
2
: a crop (as of bananas) produced on ratoons
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Origin of RATOON
Spanish retoño, from retoñar to sprout, from re- (from Latin) + otoñar to grow in autumn, from otoño autumn, from Latin autumnus
Rhymes with RATOON
aswoon, attune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, blue moon, buffoon, Calhoun, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, cocoon, commune, doubloon, dragoon, festoon, fine-tune, forenoon, full moon, gaboon, gadroon, galloon, Gudrun, half-moon, harpoon, high noon, immune, impugn, jargoon, jejune, Kowloon, Kunlun, lagoon, lampoon, lardoon, Maine coon, maroon, monsoon, Neptune, new moon, oppugn, Pashtun, patroon, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, premune, puccoon, quadroon, repugn, rough-hewn, saloon, Sassoon, shalloon, soupspoon, spittoon, spontoon, teaspoon, tribune, triune, tuchun, tycoon, typhoon, untune, Walloon
2ratoon
verb
Definition of RATOON
intransitive verb
: to sprout or spring up from the root
transitive verb
: to grow or produce (a crop) from or on ratoons
First Known Use of RATOON
1756
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