Jamaica \Ja*mai"ca\, n.
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.