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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.