‖ 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.
| 1826 Leyden & 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. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 65/2 The Clove tree, the Rose apple, and Jamoon of India, formerly included in Eugenia. 1842 Ibid. 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. 1914 Indian Forester XL. 268 Eugenia Jambolana, Lam. Jam, Jamun, H[indi]. 1958 J. 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. 1969 S. M. Sadeek Windswept & Other Stories 32 Rance lay under the jamoon tree. |