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latania|ləˈteɪnɪə, ləˈtænɪə|
1. U.S. [Amer. Sp.] = latanier 1.
1799in F. Cuming Sk. Tour Western Country (1810) 336 Some..cabins [were] covered over with a shrub like a large fan, called latania. 1819E. Dana Geogr. Sk. Western Country 238 On the..outer margin of the cane, the palmetto, or latania, fill the slope between the cane and the inundated lands.
2. [mod.L. (P. Commerson in A. L. de Jussieu Genera Plantarum (1789) 39), f. F. latanier the name used in Mauritius.] A fan palm of the genus so called, native to Mauritius and neighbouring islands.
1856B. Seemann Pop. Hist. Palms 229 The Latanias are middle-sized trees. 1900L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. II. 887/1 Latanias are tall, spineless palms. Ibid. 887/2 Latanias are essentially warmhouse palms. 1910[see geonoma]. 1966E. J. H. Corner Nat. Hist. Palms vii. 162 (caption) The Borassoid Latania; male inflorescence. |