Obs. Also 8 jumbee. [f. Jambi a district, town, and large river of Sumatra, lying due south of Singapore.] 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.
1704. Lond. Gaz., No. 4059/4. The following Goods, viz. … Jumbee Canes,… Dragon’s Blood Canes.
1709. 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. Dobson, Select. fr. Steele, 479, note. A Jambee … is a knotty bamboo of a pale brown hue.
