Meaning of WAMPEE
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| Definition: | | [n] American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds |
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| Synonyms: | | pickerel weed, pickerelweed, Pontederia cordata |
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| See Also: | | aquatic plant, genus Pontederia, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, Pontederia, water plant | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Wam*pee"\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A tree ({Cookia punctata}) of the Orange family, growing
in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is
about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and
a peculiar flavor.
(b) The pickerel weed. [Southern U. S.]
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