chive vs ratoon

chive

noun
  • The leaves of this plant used as a herb. 

  • A knife. 

  • A saw. 

  • The spring onion; The green onion; the scallion. 

  • A file. 

  • A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion. 

verb
  • To cut. 

  • To stab. 

ratoon

noun
  • A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane. 

  • A rattan cane. 

verb
  • To sprout ratoons. 

  • To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons. 

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