Also whampee. [a. Chinese hwang-pī (hwang yellow, pī skin).]
1. The fruit of an Asiatic tree Clausena Wampi, also the tree itself.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 124. The Wampee, a fruit highly esteemed in China and the Indian archipelago, is the produce of Cookia punctata.
1887. Standard, 16 Sept., 5/3. To how many is the wampee familiar?
2. In the southern U.S. = PICKEREL-WEED 2. [? A different word.]
1891. Century Dict., s.v. Pontederia.
