Jamaica

n.

1.

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.

Noun	1.	Jamaica - a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism
	2.	Jamaica - an island in the West Indies south of Cuba and west of Haiti

capital of Jamaica, Caribbean, country, Jamaican capital, Kingston, land, Montego Bay, OAS, Organization of American States, state