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latanier
(‖ latanje, ləˈtænɪə(r))
[Fr.]
1. U.S. [See quot. 1939.] One of several fan palms found in the southern United States and central America, esp. the cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto.
[1719tr. H. Joutel's Jrnl. Voy. Mexico 14, I could see from the Ships..[an] Abundance of that Sort of Palm-Trees, in French call'd Lataniers. ]1827Western Monthly Rev. I. 315 Palmetto, or latanier, peet, and long moss, add an aspect of novelty to the view. 1868Putnam's Mag. I. 594/1 Here and there..is a ‘latanier-hut’ with adobe walls and a roof thatched with..palmetto. [1939W. A. Read in Zeitschrift für franz. Sprache LXIII. i–ii. 46 The usual term in Louisiana-French for this palmetto is latanier, m., a derivative of Carib aláttani, a name recorded by Breton for a West Indian palm with fan-shaped leaves.]
2. The Mauritian name for several fan palms, esp. = latania 2.
1929Encycl. Brit. XV. 108/1 The coco-nut palm, an importation [to Mauritius], the palmiste (Palma dactylifera latifolia), the latanier (Corypha umbraculifera) and the date-palm. |