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‖ jaman E. Ind.|ˈdʒɑːmən|
Also jamun, -oon.
[Hindī jāmun, jāman.]
The fruit of Eugenia Jambolana; = jambolan. (Sometimes confounded with the Rose-apple or jambo, Eugenia Jambos.) Also attrib.
1826Leyden & Erskine tr. Mem. Baber 325 (Y.) Another is the jaman..Its fruit resembles the black grape, but has a more acid taste, and is not very good. Ibid., note (Y.), The jâman has no resemblance to the rose-apple; it is more like an oblong sloe than anything else. 1838Penny Cycl. X. 65/2 The Clove tree, the Rose apple, and Jamoon of India, formerly included in Eugenia. 1842Ibid. XXIII. 483/1 S[yzygium] Jambolanum..planted near villages..chiefly on account of its fruit, which is sometimes called Java plum by Europeans, but Jamoon by the natives. 1914Indian Forester XL. 268 Eugenia Jambolana, Lam. Jam, Jamun, H[indi]. 1958J. Carew Black Midas x. 206 Get you mango,..soursop, starapple and sweet jamoon. 1965‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest x. 133 Everybody make their cake and ginger-beer and jamoon and rice wine. 1969S. M. Sadeek Windswept & Other Stories 32 Rance lay under the jamoon tree. |