ratoon vs tendril

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. 

tendril

noun
  • A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support. 

  • A hair-like tentacle. 

adj
  • Having the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining. 

How often have the words ratoon and tendril occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )