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Otaheite apple
Otaheite apple O`ta*hei"te ap"ple [So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.) (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. (b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.

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- Tahitian language (Reo Tahiti) is also widely spoken. Tahiti was called Otaheite in earlier European do****ents: this is a rendering of Tah. ʻo Tahiti, which...
- Phyllanthus acidus, known as the Otaheite gooseberry, Malay gooseberry, Tahitian gooseberry, country gooseberry, star gooseberry, starberry, arbari, West...
- a Malay rose apple, or simply Malay apple, mountain apple, rose apple, Otaheite apple, pink satin-ash, plumrose and pommerac (derived from pomme Malac...
- Many of the loyalists claimed to have heard the mutineers cry "Huzzah for Otaheite!" as Bounty pulled away. Timor was the nearest European colonial outpost...
- actually refers to two distinct species of plant: Phyllanthus acidus, the Otaheite gooseberry Sauropus androgynus, the katuk This page is an index of articles...
- Hawaiʻi, which means "[This] is Hawaiʻi." The Cook expedition also wrote "Otaheite" rather than "Tahiti". The spelling "why" in the name reflects the [ʍ]...
- OCLC 930600657. London Missionary Society (1818). Narrative of the Mission at Otaheite, and other islands in the South Seas; commenced by the London Missionary...
- Graham. Naseberry (known as Sapodilla throughout the rest of the Caribbean) Otaheite apple (Malay apple) Paw-paw (papaya) P****ion fruit Pineapple Pomegranate...
- Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans. It was...
- The act specifically mentioned the Bay of Honduras, New Zealand, and Otaheite (an old name for Tahiti). The original (full) title was: "An Act for the...