'Jamaica ginger' definitions:

Definition of 'Jamaica ginger'

From: GCIDE
  • Jamaica \Ja*mai"ca\, n. One of the West Indian islands. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]