cadang-cadang

noun

ca·​dang-ca·​dang

ˈkäˌdäŋˈkäˌdäŋ

plural -s

: an infectious chlorotic disease of the coconut palm particularly destructive in the Philippines and characterized by yellow-bronzing especially of the older lower leaves

Word History

Etymology

Iloko kadang-kadang stilts; from the appearance of the palm affected by the disease

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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