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Zante|ˈzæntiː|
Also 7 Zant.
A name of one of the Ionian islands, anciently Zacynthus: used attrib. in the names of certain products (see quots.); also short for Zante wine, wood, etc.
1615E. S. Brit. Buss in Arber Eng. Garner III. 634 Physic and Surgery helps... Zante Oil. 1825W. Weldon Chem. 560 Claret. Zante. Malmsey Madeira. 1835R. D. Thomson's Rec. Gen. Sci. I. 387 A black juicy berry resembling the Zante grape. 1843Holtzapffel Turning I. 110 Zante, or Young Fustic, from the Mediterranean, is a species of sumach, (Rhus Cotinus). 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Zante-wood, a name for the Rhus Cotinus and for the Chloroxylon Swietenia. |