† jambeen.
Obsolete.
A species of Calamus or Dæmonorops from the district of Jambi; a cane or walking-stick made of this, fashionable in the time of Queen Anne.
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1704 London Gaz. No. 4059/4 The following Goods, viz... Jumbee Canes,..Dragon's Blood Canes.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 142. ⁋⁋5–6 Yours [a cane] is a true Jambee, and Squire Empty's only a plain Dragon. This Vertuoso has a Parcel of Jambees now growing in the East Indies.
1885 A. Dobson Steele 479 (note) A Jambee..is a knotty bamboo of a pale brown hue.
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