lataniern.
/ləˈtanɪə//ləˈtanɪeɪ/ 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.
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latania1799
sabal1812
latanier1827
scrub palmetto1938
1719 tr. H. Joutel Jrnl. Voy. Mexico 14 I could see from the Ships..[an] Abundance of that Sort of Palm-Trees, in French call'd Lataniers.]
1827 Western Monthly Rev. 1 315 Palmetto, or latanier, peet, and long moss, add an aspect of novelty to the view.
1868 Putnam's Mag. 1 594/1 Here and there..is a ‘latanier-hut’ with adobe walls and a roof thatched with..palmetto.
1939 W. A. Read in Zeitschrift f. 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 n. 2.
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palmite1555
palmetto1582
palmetto tree1582
talipot1681
tamarind-palmetto1698
Chamaerops1766
eta palm1769
cabbage palm tree1773
palmetto bush1784
swamp-cabbage1792
cabbage tree1796
saw palmetto1797
latania1799
hat palm1812
gebang1817
coco de mer?1820
itaa1832
cabbage palm1847
miriti1853
latania1856
moriche1860
broom-palm1866
ilala1868
licuala1872
fan-plant1884
tiger-grass1884
buri1890
latanier1929
Washingtonia1945
1929 Encycl. 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.
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