Definition of Ratooners

1. ratooner [n] - See also: ratooner

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratooners

ratite bird
ratites
ratless
ratlike
ratlin
ratline
ratlines
ratling
ratlings
ratlins
rato
ratoo
ratoon
ratooned
ratooner
ratooners (current term)
ratooning
ratoons
ratoos
ratos
ratpack
ratpacks
ratproof
rats
ratsbane
ratsbanes
ratskin
ratskins
rattail

Literary usage of Ratooners

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rice Ratooning by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"... were disproportionally good ratooners (11). Environmental Maturity took longer with taller cuts (25). But a lower 5-cm cutting height delayed maturity 9 ..."

2. Sugar and the Sugar Cane: An Elementary Treatise on the Agriculture of the by Noël Deerr (1905)
"They are stated to be bad ratooners, with a fair sugar content, likely to succeed as plant cane and originating from the Marquesas Islands. ..."

3. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture by Nitya Gopal Mukerji (1901)
"The canes of both these varieties are somewhat thicker than Khari canes, but they are not such free ratooners nor can they stand water-logging so well as ..."

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