Thesaurus: jamaica

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1. n. One of the West India is islands.
2. One of the West India is 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.
3. One of the West India is islands. Jamaica ginger, a variety ofginger, called also white ginger, prepared in Jamaica from the bestroots, which are deprived of their epidermis and dried separately.-- Jamaica pepper, allspice.-- Jamaica rose (Bot.), a West Indian melastomaceous shrub (Blakeatrinervis), with showy pink flowers.
4. n. a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism n. an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti