tar·tan 1 
(tärtn)
(tärtn)n.
1.
a. Any of numerous textile patterns consisting of stripes of varying widths and colors crossed at right angles against a solid background, each forming a distinctive design worn by the members of a Scottish clan.
b. A twilled wool fabric or garment having such a pattern.
2. A plaid fabric.
[Middle English tartane, possibly from Old French tiretaine, linsey-woolsey, probably from tiret, a kind of cloth, from tire, silk cloth, from Latin Tyrius, Tyrian (cloth), from Tyrus, Tyre.]
tartan adj.
- phytogenetical
- phytogenetically
- phytogenic
- phytogenous
- phytogeny
- phytogeographer
- phytogeographic
- phytogeographical
- phytogeography
- phytography
- phytohemagglutinin
- phytohormone
- phytol
- phytolith
- phytologic
- phytological
- phytology
- phyton
- phytonic
- phytonutrient
- phytopathogen
- phytopathogenic
- phytopathologic
- phytopathological
- phytopathologist