WAMPEE

pickerelweed, pickerel weed, wampee, Pontederia cordata

(noun) American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wampee (plural wampees)

A tree, Clausena lansium, cultivated in China and the East Indies.

The fruit of this tree.

Source: Wiktionary


Wam*pee", n. (Bot.) (a) A tree (Cookia punctata) of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar flavor. (b) The pickerel weed. [Southern U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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