plant-cane

== English == === Alternative forms === plant cane === Noun === plant-cane (plural plant-canes) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane from the first growth from the cutting. ==== Usage notes ==== The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called a ratoon. === References === “plant-cane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.