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wampee¹

  • /wɒmˈpiː/ UK
  • /wɑmˈpiː/ US

Where it comes from

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

noun wampees · wampi · whampee

  1. A tree, Clausena lansium, native to Southern China and Indochina.
  2. The fruit of this tree.

wampee²

  • /wɒmˈpiː/ UK
  • /wɑmˈpiː/ US

Where it comes from

Perhaps from a Native American language of the Carolinas such as Carolina Algonquian. If the name was originally applied to a white variety, it could be from the Algqonian root for "white": compare Massachusett wompi (“white”), whence English wamp and wampum.

noun wampees · wampi

  1. Pontederia species, especially Pontederia cordata. […] bulrushes, nut grass, corn grass, switch grass, and the wampees (Pontederia and Peltandra).

    Similar: pickerel weed, pickerel rush

Translations

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noun tree

中文黃皮樹 /黄皮树 huángpíshù
Portuguêsclausena, vampizeiro
Françaiswampi
Tiếng Việthồng bì, quất hồng bì

noun fruit

中文黃皮 /黄皮 huángpí, 黃皮果 /黄皮果 huángpíguǒ
Portuguêsfruta do vampiro, vampiro
Françaiswampi
Tiếng Việthồng bì, quất hổng bì

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"wampee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wampee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

wampee. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wampee

Chicago

"wampee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wampee.

BibTeX
@misc{wampee_2026,
  title = {wampee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wampee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}