Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rose-apple tree, Eugenia Jambos.
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- noun Alternative form of
jambul .
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Examples
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In smell and even in taste it partakes much of the flavour of the rose; but this quality belongs more especially to another species, called jambu ayer mawar, or the rose-water jambu.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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The cashew-apple and nut, called jambu muniet, or monkey-jambu
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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The guava (Psidium pomiferum) called jambu biji, and also jambu protukal
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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Another typical food we tried is tacaca, which consists of a bowl of soup with a plants (called jambu) inside it, and some gloopy stuff and some prawns, unfortuantely it tasted terrible, the jambu leaves have a mild anaesthetic effect on your mouth, like Sichuan peppercorns!
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In Jakarta we've heard these pink guava called jambu biji
EatingAsia 2009
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Another typical food we tried is tacaca, which consists of a bowl of soup with a plants (called jambu) inside it, and some gloopy stuff and some prawns, unfortuantely it tasted terrible, the jambu leaves have a mild anaesthetic effect on your mouth, like Sichuan peppercorns!
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(biji = seeds, to distinguish them from rose apples, I suppose, which are also called jambu) and jambu merah (merah = red).
EatingAsia 2009
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We'll survive peak oil heaps easier and we can live off ice cream bean pictured above and wax jambu.
full as a goog esther 2006
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Sultan eats, papayas, and clusters of a species of jambu, a pear-shaped fruit, beautiful to look at, each fruit looking as if made of some transparent, polished white wax with a pink flush on one side.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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Buddha, in the form of the genius of the jambu-tree, comments thus on their conversation: --
Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler
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