See Also: kaftan(dictionary)

Otaheite (iou) and kaftan (oh)


Otaheite (iou)



Otaheite adjective & noun. L18.
[Tahitian Otaheite Tahiti.]
= TAHITIAN adjective & noun. Now only in the names of fruits or plants introduced from or associated with Tahiti.
Otaheite apple the edible yellow plumlike fruit of Spondias cytherea (family Anacardiaceae); also (W. Indies) (the fruit of) the Malay apple, Syzygium malaccense. Otaheite gooseberry (the astringent fruit of) a tree of the spurge family, Phyllanthus acidus. Otaheite orange a variety of an acid mandarin orange grown as a pot plant.

kaftan (oh)



another spelling of caftan