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Definition of Ratans
1. ratan [n] - See also: ratan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratans
Literary usage of Ratans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"... Palm—The Palmyra Palm—The Talipot Palm— ratans—The Date Palm—Oil Palms—Variety
of Size, Form, Foliage and Fruit—Future Commercial Value of the Palm. ..."
2. A Dictionary, Burmese and English by Adoniram Judson (1852)
"... Par''s are secured by ratans, without nails. - ooi, я. a ratan branch or twig ;
any rod or limber stick, 2, ». to meet with, find, ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"Tin was scui to the amount of 69045 dollars, pepper d., cigars 29550 d., European
piece-goods 20669 d., sapan- wood 18829 d., spirits 17992 d., ratans 13465 ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1842)
"Tin was sent to the amount of 69045 dollars, pepper,83'J rl . cigars 29550
d., European piece-Roods 20669 d, »apan- wood 18829 d., spirits 17992 d., ratans ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Properly it should be restricted to a peculiar class of palms, known as ratans,
included under the two closely allied genera Calamus and ..."
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