petiole vs ratoon

petiole

• The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem. 

• A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps. 

• The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp. 

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.