Hyper Dictionary

English Dictionary Computer Dictionary Thesaurus Dream Dictionary Medical Dictionary


Search Dictionary:  

Meaning of WAMPEE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds
 
 Websites: 
 
 Synonyms: pickerel weed, pickerelweed, Pontederia cordata
 
 See Also: aquatic plant, genus Pontederia, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, Pontederia, water plant

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.]
 
 Websites: 
 

 

COPYRIGHT © 2000-2003 WEBNOX CORP. HOME | ABOUT HYPERDICTIONARY