A country in the Caribbean. / The island comprising most of that country.

Jamaica Plain, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood of Queens, New York.

roselle

A strait between Jamaica and Hispaniola, in the Caribbean Sea.

plural of Jamaica rose

A variety of ginger prepared in Jamaica from the best roots, which are deprived of their epidermis and dried separately.

allspice

A West Indian melastomaceous shrub (Blakea trinervia), with showy pink flowers.