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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RATTOON

Rat *toon ", n. Etym: [Sp. retoño. ]

 

Defn: 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; p. pr. & vb. n.Rattooning.] Etym: [Cf. Sp. retoñar. ]

 

Defn: To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane of the previous year's planting.