ratoon vs scape

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. 

scape

noun
  • A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root. 

  • The apophyge of a shaft. 

  • The cry of the snipe when flushed. 

  • The snipe itself. 

  • The shaft of a column. 

  • The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body). 

  • The basal part of the ovipositor of an insect, more specifically known as the oviscape. 

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