savanilla
see also: Savanilla
Noun
Savanilla
Proper noun Noun
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see also: Savanilla
Noun
savanilla (plural savanillas)
- (US, dialect, chiefly, Texas, dated) A fish, the tarpum (Megalops atlanticus).
Savanilla
Proper noun Noun
savanilla (plural savanillas)
- (obsolete) A Colombian variety of rhatany, formerly used medicinally; Krameria lappacea (formerly Krameria triandra).
- 1876, Pharmaceutical Journal:
- 1879, Pharmacographia: A History of the Principal Drugs, page 82:
- The liquid filtered from the Savanilla sort and diluted with distilled water exhibits an intense violet colour, that from Peruvian rhatany a dingy brown ; the latter turns light red by alkalis. Thin sections of the Peruvian root assume a greyish hue […]
- 1880, Minor Lectures; Wills' universal postal system'', lecture 12:
- You will notice also that the bark of the Savanilla is firmly attached; the reason of this is due to the cells being densely filled with colouring matter. You can distinguish the Savanilla rhatany from the Peruvian by the latter being knotty, […]
- (dated) A type of hide, useful for making leather products.
- 1922, Leather & Shoes, volume 63: page 65:
- Martas, but are only willing to pay 141/50. for regular stretched Savanillas, which importers are holding for 15c. River Plates apparently holding very steady, notwithstanding declines on wet-salted hides, but […]
- 1922, Dun's Review, volume 30, page 64:
- Some booked Savanillas brought 15c., which is a basis of 16c. for mountains, understood to be for export. While this is %c. over the price last paid for regular stretched Savanillas, foreign buyers prefer booked hides.
- 1922, Leather & Shoes, volume 63: page 65:
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