noun
- shoots that grow from the roots of sugar cane after the main crop has been harvested
Usage: agricultural term
Examples
- The farmers harvested the ratoons from the sugar cane fields.
- Ratoons typically produce a smaller yield than the original crop.
- After cutting the main cane, they waited for the ratoons to develop.
- The plantation relied on ratoons for a second harvest.
- Quality ratoons can be harvested within eight to twelve months.
- Some varieties of sugar cane produce better ratoons than others.