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Montserrat
Barbados
Jamaica
Montserrat
Trinidad & Tobago
backra
A white plantation owner.
person
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Guyana
Montserrat
balanjay
Eggplant. A species of nightshade grown for its edible fruit.
food
plant
fruit
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Antigua & Barbuda
Belize
Jamaica
Montserrat
chupit
Stupid.
2 comments
Montserrat
chups
To suck ones teeth in disgust or in a sign of disrespect
Montserrat
crazy ants
Nylanderia pubens - a medium small ant that moves in a quick erratic manner.
animal
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Antigua & Barbuda
Montserrat
fungee
A meal made by slow cooking seasoned cornmeal. The meal is stirred or turned as it is cooked.
food
Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Belize
Grenada
Guyana
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
Montserrat
St. Vincent
US Virgin Islands
golden apple
Ambarella. An edible fruit growing on large trees up to 30m. The fruits have thick, sometimes leathery skin and dendritic (fibrous or hairy) seeds. While unripe, the flesh is crisp and firm with a tart acidic taste. As it ripens, it turns yellow, becomes soft and develops a sweet taste and fragrant smell. Both ripe and unripe fruits can be eaten raw. It is also often prepared by juicing, stewing with ginger and sugar, pickling with peppers and spices, or made into chow.
food
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Grenada
Montserrat
Trinidad & Tobago
governer plum
The fruit of the Flacourtia indica which is a species of flowering plant native to much of Africa and tropical and temperate parts of Asia. The fruit itself is a pome about an inch thick and red ripening purple. It is very fleshy and has 6 to 10 seeds in layered carpels. The pulp is yellow or white and sweet with an acidic tang. It is eaten raw or made in to jelly or jam. It can be fermented to make wine.
fruit
food
plant
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Montserrat
Trinidad & Tobago
jumbee bead
Bracelets or anklets made by stringing together the brightly coloured seeds of the plant Abrus precatorius. The bracelets worn to ward off jumbees or other spirits and influences.
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Montserrat
jumbee dance
A ritual ceremony involving dance and drumming to summon spirits which then possess the participants.
folklore
Barbados
Belize
Grenada
Jamaica
Montserrat
Trinidad & Tobago
mammee apple
Round fruit between 5 and 9 inches in diameter. The fruit has rough brown skin and contains a single large seed. The flesh of unripe fruit is hard and becomes soft when fully ripened. The fruit is edible with tastes ranging from sour to sweet and reminiscent of apricots.
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fruit
plant
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Montserrat
montserrat oriole
The Montserrat Oriole is a medium sized black and yellow "New World Oriole" that is native to the island of Montserrat and is that territory's national bird.
animal
bird
national symbol
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Montserrat
St. Vincent
plumrose
Otaheite apple; Pear shaped fruit with red skin and white flesh. Typically, they contain a single large seed. However, they may occasionally be seedless. The fruit is sweet and is usually eaten raw or used to make drinks.
food
plant
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Dominica
Montserrat
Trinidad & Tobago
pomerac
Otaheite apple; Pear shaped fruit with red skin and white flesh. Typically, they contain a single large seed. However, they may occasionally be seedless. The fruit is sweet and is usually eaten raw or used to make drinks.
food
fruit
plant
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Montserrat
pret up
Snobbish, arrogant
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Guyana
St. Kitts & Nevis
Montserrat
scunt
The vagina. The female sexual organ.
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Barbados
Bahamas
Belize
Grenada
Jamaica
Montserrat
St. Vincent
US Virgin Islands
sea grape
A small green fruit resembling grapes both in individual appearance, and the fact that it grows in bunches. Some fruit become tinged with red or purple as they ripen. The fruits can be quite sweet, but tend to have a salty astringent taste, particularly when not fully ripe. The plants grow in areas close to the sea.
food
plant
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Montserrat
task
A measure of an area of land (100 sq ft, derived from measuring 10' x 10' with a 10' pole)
Montserrat
woggi
Clothing sent from abroad by emigrant
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Grenada
Montserrat
Trinidad & Tobago
US Virgin Islands
wood slave
A gecko often found in and around the ceilings of houses. The gecko makes a croaking sound.
animal
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