savanilla

noun1

1. •
   (dialect, old-fashioned) A fish (Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus).

noun2

1. •
   (old-fashioned) A type of hide, useful for making leather products.

   • Savanillas are sometimes sold as "Bucs" but never carry the heavy body for which the Bucaramangas are used. — 1920
2. •
   (no longer used) A Colombian variety of rhatany, formerly used medicinally; Krameria lappacea (formerly Krameria triandra).

   • The latter is the plant that yields the Savanilla rhatany, Krameria triandra, which yields the true officinal root, is not mentioned by Bennet, and appears consequently to be absent from Brazil. — 1876