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Otaheite Encyclopedia Britannica

OTAHEITE, or Tahiti. See Society Islands.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 18, p. 64
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Otaheite apple Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.

2. A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.