Word Meanings - RATOON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Same as Rattoon, n. 2. A rattan cane. Pepys.

RATTAN
One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs,
RATTOON
One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.