travel_explore explore, browse, discover

Jamaica
paadie
Informal address used among male friends
Haiti
pacay
Inga feuilleei is a legume that produces a podded fruit with a smooth textured, sweet, edible white pulp surrounding the seeds.
food
fruit
plant
Jamaica
packy
A gourd that is used for utilitarian purposes, and not for food. The skin or shell of the large green fruit hardens to become wood-like when dry. The shell can then be carved and is used to make a variety of items including cups, and bowls and decorative pieces.
plant
2 comments
Trinidad & Tobago
padoo
Inga feuilleei is a legume that produces a podded fruit with a smooth textured, sweet, edible white pulp surrounding the seeds.
food
fruit
plant
5 comments
Guyana
Trinidad & Tobago
pagalee
Crazy
5 comments
Guyana
pagali
Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person
derogatory
Trinidad & Tobago
pak choy
Bok Choy
food
plant
1 comments
Barbados
Trinidad & Tobago
palance
To wander in pursuit of a lime
Barbados
paling
Pailing is more formally know across the world as corrugated sheet metal. It sometimes goes by the alternate name of galvanise. It is used on many islands as roofing materials, but also as fencing for yards or as metal lining for other things such as a barbecue grill or material to cover holes on the ground. This metal is thin, and usually made out of tin or iron it is sometimes prone to rusting exposed to the weather and not properly painted. It easy to spot due to its rippled appearance.
Antigua & Barbuda
Belize
Jamaica
pan
On
5 comments
Belize
panades
Traditional Belizean dish made with corn maize and shark meat
food
Puerto Rico
panapen
Tree and fruit native to the Pacific Islands and Malaysia that was brought to the West Indies in the 18th century. The fruit is large with a rough green skin with small hexagonal markings. Some varieties have a spiky exterior. The flesh is white, cream coloured or yellow and has a high starch content. It is eaten boiled, roasted, or fried as a staple food.
plant
food
4 comments
Bahamas
pancake
A fried bread typically made from baking powder leavened dough.
food
Trinidad & Tobago
panchayt
Meeting of elders who decide on village affairs
1 comments
Trinidad & Tobago
pandit
Hindu holy man
3 comments
Jamaica
panganat
Pomegranate. Botanical name Punica granatum, is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing between 5 and 8 m (16 and 26 ft) tall
fruit
food
plant
8 comments
Antigua & Barbuda
pankoot
Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person
person
3 comments
Trinidad & Tobago
pannist
One who plays the steelpans.
Grenada
panquai
Bonus or extra; More than expected
Belize
panya
Any hispanic that does not speak Belizean Kriol.
person
2 comments
Jamaica
pap
A breakfast porridge made with cornmeal as a primary ingredient. It may also include milk, coconut milk, sugar, and spices like nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla.
food
1 comments
Jamaica
pap chow
Bok Choy
food
plant
1 comments
Puerto Rico
papa
Potato
food
plant
Haiti
papa noel
A Haitian analogue to Santa Claus
person
1 comments
Barbados
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
papaw
A torpedo, oval, or pear shaped fruit. The fruit bears on a large leafed tree up to 10m tall. When green, it is cooked as if a vegetable. The flesh contains an enzyme named papain that serves as an effective meat tenderiser. When ripe it is yellowish-orange in colour. The flesh is bright orange, soft, and sweet. The insides are hollow containing a lots of seeds with each seed contained in a small liquid filled sac. The seeds and the fluid surrounding them have a bitter taste.
plant
food
fruit
5 comments
Belize
papaya
A torpedo, oval, or pear shaped fruit. The fruit bears on a large leafed tree up to 10m tall. When green, it is cooked as if a vegetable. The flesh contains an enzyme named papain that serves as an effective meat tenderiser. When ripe it is yellowish-orange in colour. The flesh is bright orange, soft, and sweet. The insides are hollow containing a lots of seeds with each seed contained in a small liquid filled sac. The seeds and the fluid surrounding them have a bitter taste.
food
plant
fruit
1 comments
Bermuda
paper bermudian
A naturalised resident of Bermuda - one who has been granted status, as opposed to a native-born resident.
person
Antigua & Barbuda
paper flower
Bougainvillea - A large, climbing shrub that is used as a hedge, potted plant or can be trained to climb other trees or trellis to create a dramatic vine effect. The actual flowers are small and white but are hidden by the showy vibrantly colored petals surrounding them. The paper textured petals are seen around the islands in vibrant colors of yellow, red, fuchsia, white, pink, purple and orange.
plant
St. Lucia
para
High; Under the influence of drugs
Grenada
Trinidad & Tobago
parang
Music played during Christmas time, with a lot of Spanish influences
1 comments