wampee

2 definitions found

wampee - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wampee \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.]
         [1913 Webster]

wampee - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wampee
      n 1: American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in
           shallow water of streams and ponds [syn: pickerelweed,
           pickerel weed, wampee, Pontederia cordata]