\O`ta*hei"te ap"ple\ [So named from Otaheite, or
Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree ({Spondias
    dulcis}), also called {vi-apple}. It is rather larger
    than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine,
    but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.
(b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree ({Jambosa
    Malaccensis}) which bears crimson berries.