Jamaica


Definition: Meaning of, Jamaica in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dʒəˈmeɪkə /

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  1. an island in the Caribbean Sea which is an independent state and a member of the British COMMONWEALTH . Population: 2,695,867 (2003). Capital: Kingston. Many SLAVE s were brought there from Africa from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Jamaica is the home of REGGAE music and the RASTAFARIAN religion.
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Jamaica used in phrases

  • Jamaica apple (noun)
    1. large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp
  • Jamaica bayberry (noun)
    1. west Indian tree; source of bay rum
  • Jamaica caper tree (noun)
    1. shrub of southern Florida to West Indies
  • Jamaica dogwood (noun)
    1. small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons
  • Jamaica honeysuckle (noun)
    1. west Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit
  • Jamaica quassia (noun)
    1. similar to the extract from Quassia amara
    2. west Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
  • Jamaica rum (noun)
    1. heavy pungent rum from Jamaica
  • Jamaica shorts (noun)
    1. short pants that end at the knee
  • Jamaica sorrel (noun)
    1. east Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fibre
  • capital of Jamaica (noun)
    1. capital and largest city of Jamaica
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