wampee

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /wɒmˈpiː/    美 /wɑmˈpiː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tree, Clausena lansium, cultivated in China and the East Indies.
  2. Pontederia species, especially Pontederia cordata.
    — […] bulrushes, nut grass, corn grass, switch grass, and the wampees (Pontederia and Peltandra).
  3. The fruit of this tree.

词形变化

wampees plural wampi alternative whampee alternative wampees plural wampi alternative

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Cantonese 黃皮 /黄皮 (wong⁴ pei⁴⁻², “wampee”, literally “yellow skin”).
词源 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.
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