Jamaica ginger


noun
  1. an alcoholic extract of ginger used as a flavoring.

  2. powdered ginger root used for medicinal purposes.

Origin of Jamaica ginger

1
First recorded in 1810–20

Words Nearby Jamaica ginger

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How to use Jamaica ginger in a sentence

  • Jamaica ginger's hatchet found it a good fifty yards from the others.

    The Pirate of Panama | William MacLeod Raine