haulm vs ratoon

haulm

• An individual plant stem. 

• The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching. 

• Part of a harness; a hame. 

ratoon

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

• A rattan cane. 

• To sprout ratoons. 

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