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Webster 1913 Edition


Jamaica

Ja-mai′ca

,
Noun.
One of the West Indian islands.
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
(Bot.)
,
a West Indian melastomaceous shrub (
Blakea trinervis
), with showy pink flowers.