ratoon

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.
    — 1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, p. xci, Ratoons, probably so named from a corruption of the Spanish word brotones, are suckers and sprouts, that spring from the roots of canes that have previously been cut down.
  2. A rattan cane.
    — 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary entry for 13 September, 1660, in Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, London: Henry Colburn, 1848, 3rd edition, Volume 1, p. 134, Mr. Hawley did give me a little black rattoon, painted and gilt.
动词 v.
  1. To sprout ratoons. intransitive
    — In the sugar areas to the north and south of the Colony cane has been known to "ratoon" for 20 to 30 years.
  2. To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons. transitive
    — 1969, M. Menzel; F. Wilson, "Genetic Relationships in Hibiscus Sect. Furcaria," Brittonia, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 100, Attempts to propagate them by cuttings (of flowering shoots) and to ratoon the old plants in the greenhouse in November were unsuccessful.

词形变化

ratoons plural rattoon alternative ratoons present,singular,third-person ratooning participle,present ratooned participle,past ratooned past rattoon alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
ratoonability ratoonable ratoon crop ratooner
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