Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rattoon

Rattoon (rat*ton") , noun

[Sp. retoño.]

One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.

Rattoon (-tond") , intransitive verb

[Compare Sp. retoñar.]

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