savanillan.1
/ˌsavəˈnɪlə/, /ˌsavəˈniːjə/, U.S. /ˌsævəˈnɪlə/, /ˌsævəˈni(j)ə/ Now disused.
In full Savanilla rhatany. A medicinal preparation made from the astringent root of the Central and South American plant Krameria ixine (see rhatany n.). Also: the root itself.
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savineOE
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > root > specific roots
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1856 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 28 536 The newly imported drug was, as usual in English wholesale trade, distinguished with the name of the place of exportation, and called Savanilla Rhatany.
1865 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 6 351 The Savanilla is found in New Granada, and exported from the port of Savanilla, and probably takes its name from that circumstance.
1882 Year-bk. Pharmacy 223 The Savanilla extracts were always darker than the corresponding extracts from Peruvian rhatany.
1921 H. W. Youngken Text Bk. Pharmacognosy 243 Savanilla and Para Rhatany usually consist of separate roots less flexuous and tapering than those of Peruvian Rhatany.
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savanillan.2
/ˌsavəˈnɪlə/, /ˌsavəˈniːjə/, U.S. /ˌsævəˈnɪlə/, /ˌsævəˈni(j)ə/ U.S. regional (Texas). Now rare.
The tarpon, Megalops atlanticus, a large marine fish. Cf. sabalo n.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Elopiformes > member of family Megalopidae
ox-eyea1642
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savanilla1884
sabalo1889
silver king1889
megalopine1890
1884 G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 611 The ‘Tarpum’ or ‘Tarpon’..is..the ‘Savanilla’ of Texas.
1928 Econ. Geogr. 4 343/2 The tarpon, known in Texas also as ‘grand ecaille’ or ‘savanilla’ are abundant, but not frequently landed.
1984 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 11 June 21/3 The tarpon, sometimes also called the silver king or savanilla, is related to the herring.
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