It is a shoot from the root of the plant after the main plant has been cropped. Sugar cane is a good example, as is rice, but the production is poor. The ratoon crop will promote pests and should be plowed in.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern --TOON. That is, six letter words with 3rd letter T and 4th letter O and 5th letter O and 6th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are:

batoon

ratoon

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 28 words with the pattern --T-ON. That is, six letter words with 3rd letter T and 5th letter O and 6th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are:

action

batoon

button

cation

citron

cotton

intron

jetson

jetton

kation

latron

lotion

matron

motion

mutton

nation

natron

notion

option

outwon

patron

potion

python

ration

ratoon

ratton

ultion

ustion

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 59 words with the pattern ---O-N. That is, six letter words with 4th letter O and 6th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are:

adjoin

adnoun

alsoon

aswoon

attorn

baboon

batoon

bemoan

besoin

bicorn

cacoon

ceroon

cocoon

cohorn

cojoin

dahoon

dehorn

disown

enjoin

esloin

essoin

gaboon

ganoin

gazoon

godown

heroin

heroon

inborn

intown

inworn

lagoon

maroon

racoon

ratoon

reborn

recoin

rejoin

reloan

renown

resown

retorn

reworn

sagoin

saloon

seroon

simoon

strown

suborn

thrown

tycoon

unborn

ungown

unmown

unsown

untorn

unworn

uptorn

uptown

vodoun