wampee

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɒmˈpiː/ (General American) IPA(key): /wɑmˈpiː/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Cantonese 黃皮 / 黄皮 (wong4 pei4-2, “wampee”, literally “yellow skin”). ==== Alternative forms ==== wampi, whampee ==== Noun ==== wampee (plural wampees) A tree, Clausena lansium, cultivated in China and the East Indies. The fruit of this tree. ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== Clausena lansium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Clausena lansium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === Perhaps from a Native American language of the Carolinas such as Carolina Algonquian. If the name was originally applied to a white variety, it could be from the Algqonian root for "white": compare Massachusett wompi (“white”), whence English wamp and wampum. ==== Alternative forms ==== wampi ==== Noun ==== wampee (plural wampees) Pontederia species, especially Pontederia cordata. Synonyms: pickerel weed, pickerel rush ==== References ====