otaheite

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Early form of the island of Tahiti
Otaheite apple
The tree that bears this fruit
Otaheite apple
A fruit native to Pacific islands such as Tahiti
Otaheite orange
A widely cultivated house plant, believed to be a hybrid between Citrus limon and C. reticulata, resembling a miniature orange tree and having lemon-shaped, insipid fruit
otaheite apple
The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple
otaheite 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
otaheite apple
A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries
otaheite arrowroot
a starch obtained from the root of the pia
otaheite

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    O·ta·hei·te

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    () Recorded by Samuel Wallis on encountering the island in 1767. But Johann Forster and Georg Forster on Captain Cook's second voyage to the island in 1773 were accomplished comparative linguists and realized the O was an article in the Tahitian language and not properly part of the name. (Reference: Nicholas Thomas, Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook, Penguin, 2003, ISBN 0-713-9957-2, page 187.)
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