Otaheiteadj.n.

1769 J. Banks Endeavour Jrnl. (1962) I. 444 6 plants of what they called Aouta from whence they made cloth like the Otahite cloth.

1773 J. Cook Voy. (1777) I. ii. iii. 219 As they have a method of glazing it [sc. cloth], it is more durable, and will resist rain for some time, which Otaheite cloth will not.

1793 F. Burney Jrnl. 3 May (1972) II. 104 I saw nothing of this Tio:—I accept your otaheité epithet, & like it much.

1843 M. G. Brooks Idomen 66 Palmettos, papayas, trees of the Otaheite almond, and dark plumy clusters of bamboo.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 674 The starch known as Tacca starch, Tahiti Arrow-root, or Otaheite Salep.

1890 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 19 241 W. M. Moseley..says, ‘The Otaheite bows are very long, and consist of one piece only’.

1937 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 3 181 Philip Chartrand..planted some sugar cane of the Otaheite and ribbon varieties in 1827.

1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 434/2 Tacca or Otaheite arrowroot is the product of Tacca pinnatifida, the pia plant of the South Sea islands.

1792 W. Bligh Voy. to South Sea xii. 147 In a small vocabulary, that I made..only four words, out of twenty-four, differed from the Otaheite.

1817 T. Cogan Ethical Questions v. 233 The good-natured Otaheite feels it to be an obligation of hospitality, to present his wife or daughter to a stranger.

1846 Commerc. Rev. South & West Jan. 53 The next species was the Otaheite, sometime about the close of the last century.

1852 De Bow's Rev. June 648 The yellow violet does not require so rich a soil as the Otaheite.

1928 F. S. Earle Sugar Cane & its Culture 6 A number of other green or yellow canes are commonly found admixed with Otaheite in the few regions where this one-time favorite cane is still found.

1957 R. W. Beachey Brit. W. Indies Sugar Industr. Late 19th Cent. v. 92 Since its introduction into the West Indies..the Otaheite (more commonly known as the Bourbon) was the usual variety of cane grown.

1973 Econ. Hist. Rev. 26 454 The planters' swift conversion to high-yielding Otaheite contributed to the saturation of the British market, the fall in sugar prices, and the embarrassment of the planters.

1986 Jrnl. Lat. Amer. Stud. 18 182 Puerto Rican planters introduced a new high-yielding cane variety (Otaheite).

1777 D. Samwell Jrnl. 15 Aug. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. 1057 At this time of the year the Fruit called the Otaheite apple is ripe.

1789 A. Phillip Voy. Botany Bay xx. 231 It was a pleasing circumstance for them to see the natives flock round the ship..bringing in very great plenty cocoa nuts, bread-fruit, plantains and taro, and a fruit known by the name of the Otaheite apple.

1794 A. Broughton Hortus Eastensis 17 Eugenia nov. sp. Otaheite Apple [from] Otaheite [brought in] HMS Providence, 1793.

1887 Standard 16 Sept. 5/3 The carambola and the Otaheite apple.

1970 M. Slater Caribbean Cooking 64 Take the prop out of the pig's mouth and insert an otaheite apple.

1986 J. A. Samson Trop. Fruits (ed. 2) xi. 318 Spondias cytherea, Otaheite apple or pomme de cythère, is a small tree with horizontal branches that suffers much from Phytophthora in humid climates.

1797 Jrnl. & Acct. Bk. Braco Estate 19 Sept. in Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 333/1 Planting Otaheite Canes on the Piece by Rio Bueno.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 980/1 All the above-mentioned sugars are the produce of the Otaheite or Tahiti cane.

1933 L. C. Gray & E. K. Thompson Hist. Agric. Southern U.S. 740 In the closing years of the eighteenth century Otaheite cane had been substituted for the sensitive Malabar and Creole varieties.

1985 J. W. Purseglove Trop. Crops: Monocotyledons 217 Bligh, on his second voyage to Tahiti to collect breadfruit, also carried the ‘Otaheite’ cane to the West Indies in 1793.

1859 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 188/2 Then come..Otaheite gooseberries.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 786 Otaheite-gooseberry: Cicca disticha.

1986 J. A. Samson Trop. Fruits (ed. 2) xi. 318 P. acidus, Otaheite gooseberry, also has acid fruits, but with little vitamin C.

1873 E. S. Rand Window Gardener 23 The little dwarf ‘Otaheite orange’ is a very common variety.

1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 115 [Citrus] taitensis, ‘Otaheite Orange’, flowers pink outside, fragrant, fruit small, yellow, lemon shaped.

1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 279/1 The Otaheite orange.., widely grown as a dwarf ornamental pot plant.

1793 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies I. 191 Spondias. Otaheite Plumb.

1802 M. Nugent Jrnl. 20 Apr. (1839) I. 228 The gardener is an intelligent Scotch man... He made me remark the Otaheite plumb particularly; it bears bright pink blossom, like a tarsil.

1926 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica V. 17 S[pondias] cytherea... Otaheite Plum... The fruit ripens in October and November; it has a subacid flavour and a fine aroma.