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Definition of Lansat
1. Noun. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Langsat, Langset, Lanseh Tree, Lansium Domesticum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lansat
Literary usage of Lansat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1848)
"In my opinion—though both of these are exceedingly fine,—the lansat (Lansium,) when
... The lansat is one of the finest fruits of the island ; it is small, ..."
2. Through Central Borneo: An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of the by Carl Lumholtz (1920)
"Over my tent grew a couple of rambutan trees, and close by were two trees bearing
a still more delicate fruit called lansat (lansium domesticum). ..."
3. Malay Magic: Being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"... possibly due to confusion old hound which Si Kedah carries on his back
investigation. Mr. Clifford has recorded a 7 Si lansat, also called Si ..."
4. "The New Ceylon.": Being a Sketch of British North Borneo, Or Sabah. From by Joseph Hatton (1881)
"They arrived at lansat on the 26th of May. It is situated on the right bank of
the Morali River, a considerable affluent to the ..."
5. Malay Magic, Being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"7 Si lansat, also called Si ... always accompanies Si lansat. * Cp. this line
with 1. 18 of Maxwell's version, "Aku tahu asal ..."
6. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"The mangosteen, lansat, rambutan, jack, jambou, and blimbing, are all abundant;
but most abundant and most esteemed is the durion,— a fruit about which very ..."
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