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Nov 11, 2009
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ra•toon



Pronunciation: (ra-tOOn'), [key]
—n.
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, esp. a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.

—v.i., v.t.
to put forth or cause to put forth ratoons. Also,rattoon.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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