Defn: A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.
PLANT-EATING
Plant"-eat`ing, a.
Defn: Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.
PLANTED
Plant"ed, a. (Joinery)
Defn: Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.
PLANTER
Plant"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.
2. One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.
3. A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia.
PLANTERSHIP
Plant"er*ship, n.