Jamaican.
/dʒəˈmeɪkə/, U.S. /dʒəˈmeɪkə/ I. Compounds
1. Used attributively in the names of things native to or imported from Jamaica, as Jamaica bark, Jamaica bilberry, Jamaica birch, Jamaica buckthorn, Jamaica cherry, Jamaica ebony, Jamaica fan-palm, Jamaica shorts.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > short trousers or shorts > types of
panties1845
lederhosen1937
Bermuda shorts1938
walk shorts1944
Bermudas1954
knickers1954
skort1957
Jamaica shorts1959
baggies1962
cut-off1964
Jamaica1964
sleep-shorts1964
hot pants1970
batty riders1992
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 299 Jamaica Ebony... This shrubby tree is common in all the lower hills.
1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 586 On both sides the ground was covered with a thin perennial Jamaica-grass.
1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant 363 Jamaica bark... These [species] are indigenous species of the Jesuits or Peruvian bark.
1811–12 W. J. Titford Sketches Hortus Botanicus Americanus 60 Jamaica bilberry, or Whortle Berry.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. s.v. Monodora Jamaica or American Nutmegs.
1942 A. L. Simon Conc. Encycl. Gastron. V. 40/2 Jamaica Bilberry. The edible berry of a Jamaica mountain shrub.
1942 A. L. Simon Conc. Encycl. Gastron. V. 40/2 Jamaica Cherry. A West Indian Fig, globose and no bigger than a cherry.
1946 K. Morton & J. Morton Fifty Tropical Fruits of Nassau p. x Trees or plants..cultivated in the Bahamas..as ornamentals, such as the Jamaica Cherry,..Ceriman, Giant Grenadilla and the Passionfruits.
1959 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 333/3 Jamaica shorts. One pocket.
1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 23 June 2/6 (advt.) 500 only Ladies Jamaica Shorts.
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a. Jamaica ginger n. white ginger (see ginger n. 1a).
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > ginger
gingereOE
white ginger?c1425
racec1450
ginger spice1530
rance1570
zingiber?1720
Jamaica ginger1818
1818 Public Ledger LVIII. 4/5 20 Bags and 10 Casks Jamaica Ginger.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 151 Jamaica ginger is considered to be the best.
1920 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring–Summer 367/3 Ginger, Jamaica, powdered.
b. Jamaica kino n. (see kino n. 1a).
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1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 91/2 Between 1808 and 1820 a substance was met with in French commerce under the name of Jamaica kino.
c. Jamaica mignonette n. the name given in the West Indies to the henna plant, Lawsonia alba or inermis, which is naturalized there.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 665/2. Jamaica mignonette.
d. Jamaica orange n. the fruit of the Glycosmis citrifolia.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Jamaica orange.
e. Jamaica pepper n. a name of allspice n.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > allspice
allspice1621
pimentoc1660
Jamaica pepper1661
pimiento1662
pimento berry1788
1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 12 A kind of Pepper, that tastes like Cloves, and very Aromatick (known by the name of Iamaica-Pepper).
f. Jamaica plum n. a species of Hog-plum, Spondias lutea.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of South America or West Indies > Jamaica plum
Jamaica plum1756
mombin1837
hog plum1887
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 229 The yellow, or Jamaica Plumb Tree... The fruit..is much esteemed by some people.
g. Jamaica rosewood n. the sweet-smelling wood of Amyris balsamifera, or of Linociera ligustrina.
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1755 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. IV. 3735/1 The flowers of the jamaica rose-wood are small and white.
h. Jamaica wood n. = braziletto n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > brazil or braziletto
Brazilc1386
verzine1558
verzino1588
braziletto1656
Jamaica wood1656
Lima-wood1864
hypernic1897
1656 Cromwell's Bk. Rates, Woods Brazeletto or Jamaica wood.
1789 Act 27 Geo. III c. 13 Sched. at Wood Brazilletto or Jamaica Wood for Dyers use.
II. Simple uses.
3. elliptical for Jamaica coffee, rum, etc.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > rum > [noun] > kinds of rum
Jamaica1775
white rum1816
New England1827
black jack1863
dark rum1864
black rum1872
light rum1872
Nelson's blood1905
Bacardi1921
pinga1928
navy1946
screech1946
anejo1983
the world > food and drink > drink > coffee manufacture > [noun] > coffee from specific place
Arabian coffee1674
Java coffee1764
mocha1773
Java1805
Rio1817
Blue Mountain coffee1879
Blue Mountain1882
Santos1888
Jamaica1899
Mysore1907
Kenya coffee1921
Chagga1957
Continental roast1958
arabica1959
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > short trousers or shorts > types of
panties1845
lederhosen1937
Bermuda shorts1938
walk shorts1944
Bermudas1954
knickers1954
skort1957
Jamaica shorts1959
baggies1962
cut-off1964
Jamaica1964
sleep-shorts1964
hot pants1970
batty riders1992
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 339 A large dose of old Jamaica and qualified mercury.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xvii. 166 I'd bet a gill of old Jamaica..that I know.
1899 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring–Summer 171/3 Coffees... Finest Santos and Jamaica with chicory.
1910 S. R. Crockett Dew of Youth ii. xviii. 142 My grandfather got his ale, of the sort just then beginning to be made—called ‘Jamaica’, because a quantity of the cheap sugar refuse from the hogsheads was used in its production.
1938 S. V. Benét Thirteen o'Clock 206 He bought his Jamaica personal and in the jug.
1964 Women's Wear Daily 30 Nov. 36 From short-shorts to slacks—with Jamaicas, Nassaus, Bermudas, knee pants in between.
1969 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 41D Package of 3 Jamaicas [sc. shorts]. (Above-the-knee length.)
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