wampee Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds
    pickerelweed; pickerel weed; Pontederia cordata.

WordNet

Wam*pee" noun
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913