Definition of Jambos

1. Noun. Used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos).

Exact synonyms: Genus Jambos
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Myrtaceae, Myrtaceae, Myrtle Family

Definition of Jambos

1. jambo [n] - See also: jambo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jambos

Jamaica rum
Jamaica shorts
Jamaica sorrel
Jamaican
Jamaican Creole
Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language
Jamaican capital
Jamaican cherry
Jamaican dollar
Jamaican vomiting sickness
Jamaicans
Jamal
Jamalpur District
Jambi
Jambos
Jamerican
Jamericans
James
James's powder
James-Lange theory
James A. Garfield
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
James Abraham Garfield
James Agee
James Albert Michener
James Alfred Van Allen
James Arthur Baldwin
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
James Augustus Henry Murray

Literary usage of Jambos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Comprising the Characteristic by William Boericke, Oscar E. Boericke (1906)
"... EUGENIA jambos. (Rose-Apple.) Acne, simple and indurated. The pimples are painful for some distance around. Acne rosacea. Nausea; better smoking. ..."

2. The American Homœopathic Dispensatory by Theodore D. Williams (1884)
"... jambos. VULG., Malabar plumb tree, Narrow-leaved engenia, Rose apple. This plant is indigenous to the Indies, and tropical America. ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Flower of rose-apple, Eugenia jambos. (Natural size.) late, mostly acute, l%-3 in. long: fls. ... Frs. sometimes used in jelly-making. 6. jambos, Linn. ..."

4. The timber trees, timber and fancy woods, as also, the forests of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"Jamb, HIND., Eugenia jambos, I,itm. •Tamba, MAHR,, CAN., luga xylocarpa, ... DC., syn. of Eugenia jambos, Linn. Jam boo, HIND., Inga xylocarpa, DC., ..."

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