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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Jamaica

/jə-mā′kə/ · Ja·mai·ca · IPA /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/
01 n. One of the West Indian islands.
  1. 1.
    One of the West Indian islands.
Phrases & compounds
Jamaica ginger — a variety of ginger, called also white ginger, prepared in Jamaica from the best roots, which are deprived of their epidermis and dried separately.
Jamaica pepper — allspice.
Jamaica rose — a West Indian melastomaceous shrub (Blakea trinervis), with showy pink flowers.