JAMADAR
Jam"a*dar, n.
Defn: Same as Jemidar.
JAMAICA
Ja*mai"ca, n.
Defn: 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.
JAMAICAN
Ja*mai"can, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Jamaica.
— n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.
JAMAICINE
Ja*ma"i*cine, n. Etym: [From Jamaica.] (Chem.)
Defn: An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya inermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; — called also jamacina. Watts.
JAMB Jamb, n. Etym: [Prov. E. jaumb, jaum, F. jambe a leg, jambe de force a principal rafter. See Gambol.]