1
: a shoot of a perennial plant (such as sugarcane)
2
: a crop (as of bananas) produced on ratoons
ratooned; ratooning; ratoons
: to sprout or spring up from the root
: to grow or produce (a crop) from or on ratoons
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Noun
Giant banana leaves, ratoons of sugar cane and bright orange guavas — set amid a jumble of sheds, trellises, fences and retaining walls — give the hill the look of a rural village carved from jungle.
—Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
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“Ratoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ratoon. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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