| plant-cane | 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| quad | <physics> Unit of energy equal to a Quadrillion BTUs (10^15) or roughly one exajoule. See: joule, exajoule, BTU. (09 Oct 1997) |
| TIPS | Acronym for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |