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.
1615. E. S., Brit. Buss, in Arber, Eng. Garner, III. 634. Physic and Surgery helps … Zante Oil.
1825. W. Weldon, Chem., 560. Claret. Zante. Malmsey Madeira.
1835. R. D. Thomson’s Rec. Gen. Sci., I. 387. A black juicy berry resembling the Zante grape.
1843. Holtzapffel, Turning, I. 110. Zante, or Young Fustic, from the Mediterranean, is a species of sumach, (Rhus Cotinus).
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Zante-wood, a name for the Rhus Cotinus and for the Chloroxylon Swietenia.
