wampee

English

The wampee fruit

Alternative forms

• wampi

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 黃皮／黄皮 (wong⁴ pei^4-2, “wampee”, literally “yellow skin”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɒmˈpiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /wɑmˈpiː/

Noun

wampee (plural wampees)

1. A tree, Clausena lansium, cultivated in China and the East Indies.
2. The fruit of this tree.
3. (proscribed) Pontederia species, especially Pontederia cordata. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Synonyms: pickerel weed, pickerel rush

Translations

tree

• French: wampi (fr) m
• Portuguese: clausena f, vampizeiro m

fruit

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黃皮／黄皮 (wong⁴ pei^4-2)

  Mandarin: 黃皮／黄皮 (zh) (huángpí), 黃皮果／黄皮果 (huángpíguǒ)

• French: wampi (fr)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: fruta do vampiro f, vampiro (pt) m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Zhuang: makmoed, lwgmoed (dialectal), makmaed (dialectal)

Further reading

• Clausena lansium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Clausena lansium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia