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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A tree, Clausena lansium, cultivated in China and the East Indies.
2. 2
   American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds wordnet
3. 3
   The fruit of this tree.
4. 4
   Pontederia species, especially Pontederia cordata. proscribed

   "[…] bulrushes, nut grass, corn grass, switch grass, and the wampees (Pontederia and Peltandra)."

Synonyms

All synonyms

pickerel weedpickerel rushpickerelweedpickerelweedpontederia cordatawater hyacinth

Example

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"[…] bulrushes, nut grass, corn grass, switch grass, and the wampees (Pontederia and Peltandra)."

Etymology

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

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