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Lacatan, n.|lækəˈtæn|
Also lacatan.
[Tagalog.]
A variety of banana, orig. from the Philippines but now widely cultivated elsewhere.
1908Philippine Agric. Rev. I. 317 The varieties of bananas are discussed... The chief ones listed are..Lacatan, the apex obtuse, and not angular. Bungulan, smaller than the lacatan. 1928Trop. Agric. V. 23/2 The most promising substitute for Gros Michel is thought to be the Lacatan banana from the Philippines. 1949Caribbean Q. I. iii. 43 Bananas resistant to Panama disease (e.g. Lacatan), are being grown commercially. 1962Queensland Fruit & Veg. News 11 Oct. 338/1 Bodles Altafort has good qualities, which are superior to those of Lacatan and Gros Michel. 1971E. Jones in D. G. Wilson Anthol. West Indian Poems 30, I have ten acres of mountain side And a dainty foot donkey that I ride Four Gros Michel and four Lacatan. |