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wampee

wam·pee

UK/wɒmˈpiː/ US/wɑmˈpiː/ uncommon

noun

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American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds

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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.

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