1180 results
Jamaica
blue draws
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
food
Jamaica
boyo
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
food
Barbados
Guyana
con ki
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
food
Barbados
Guyana
St. Kitts & Nevis
conkie
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
food
Barbados
conkies
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
Antigua & Barbuda
St. Vincent
US Virgin Islands
ducana
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
food
Antigua & Barbuda
Belize
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
dukunu
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
food
Trinidad & Tobago
emen
The tree and fruit of Terminalia catappa. It is a large tree (up to 115ft in height), often grown for ornamental purposes and the shade provided by its broad leaves. Parts of the fruit are edible, including the inner seed which resembles almonds in shape and taste.
plant
food
fruit
St. Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago
payme
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
food
Jamaica
tie leaf
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
food
Dominica
zaman
The tree and fruit of Terminalia catappa. It is a large tree (up to 115ft in height), often grown for ornamental purposes and the shade provided by its broad leaves. Parts of the fruit are edible, including the inner seed which resembles almonds in shape and taste.
plant
food
fruit
Haiti
zanman
The tree and fruit of Terminalia catappa. It is a large tree (up to 115ft in height), often grown for ornamental purposes and the shade provided by its broad leaves. Parts of the fruit are edible, including the inner seed which resembles almonds in shape and taste.
plant
food
fruit
Jamaica
bingy
Slingshot. A projectile launching weapon made from a Y-shaped branch or piece of wood and elastic material. They are commonly used to hunt birds and other small game.
Dominica
Jamaica
catapul
Slingshot. A projectile launching weapon made from a Y-shaped branch or piece of wood and elastic material. They are commonly used to hunt birds and other small game.
Jamaica
catapult
Slingshot. A projectile launching weapon made from a Y-shaped branch or piece of wood and elastic material. They are commonly used to hunt birds and other small game.
Barbados
Grenada
gutaperk
Slingshot. A projectile launching weapon made from a Y-shaped branch or piece of wood and elastic material. They are commonly used to hunt birds and other small game.
Barbados
Bahamas
Guyana
Jamaica
bat
A moth - a primarily nocturnal insect resembling and related to the butterfly
animal
St. Kitts & Nevis
bumfly
Annoying person that follows you around and does not leave you alone
Jamaica
buss mi jaw
A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.
food
Antigua & Barbuda
Jamaica
busta
A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.
food
Jamaica
bustamante backbone
A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.
food
Grenada
US Virgin Islands
christmas wind
Strong seasonal winds that occur during the months of December and January
Jamaica
congry
Any species of salt water eels from the families Muraendae and Congridae.
animal
Bermuda
dippin
To swerve in and out of traffic on a motorcycle or bicycle
Barbados
Jamaica
dolphin
The dorado or mahi-mahi; A blue-green and yellowish food fish.
animal
food
Belize
Jamaica
goodas
A beautiful, virtuous woman possessing or characterized by chastity, purity and morality.
Barbados
Belize
Jamaica
gyalis
A man who obsessively seduces and deceives women. A promiscuous heterosexual male.
person
sexual
Belize
Han napkin tun tablecloth
Someone who has advanced in life and now looks down on others
proverb
Guyana
kweh kweh
A pre-wedding ritual originally practiced by African slaves and their decendants.
US Virgin Islands
pussman
A man who obsessively seduces and deceives women. A promiscuous heterosexual male.
person
Trinidad & Tobago
san coach
Meal of breadfruit, yams, dasheen cooked with coconut milk and salt meat
food
Jamaica
staggaback
A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.
food
Belize
tableta
A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.
food
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
toolum
A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.
food
Jamaica
warboat
A confrontational or quarrelsome person. One who loves to argue and fight.
Trinidad & Tobago
cowa
The tree and fruit of Artocarpus heterophyllus. It is related to the breadfruit and breadnut. The tree produces the worlds largest tree borne fruit - up to 80lbs and 3 feet long. Much of the fruit is starchy and fibrous. However, the seeds are surrounded by a sweet, pleasant tasting flesh. The seeds themselves are also edible after roasting or boiling.
food
fruit
plant
Dominica
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
jackfruit
The tree and fruit of Artocarpus heterophyllus. It is related to the breadfruit and breadnut. The tree produces the worlds largest tree borne fruit - up to 80lbs and 3 feet long. Much of the fruit is starchy and fibrous. However, the seeds are surrounded by a sweet, pleasant tasting flesh. The seeds themselves are also edible after roasting or boiling.
food
fruit
plant
Dominica
Jamaica
jackfruit
The tree and fruit of Artocarpus heterophyllus. It is related to the breadfruit and breadnut. The tree produces the worlds largest tree borne fruit - up to 80lbs and 3 feet long. Much of the fruit is starchy and fibrous. However, the seeds are surrounded by a sweet, pleasant tasting flesh. The seeds themselves are also edible after roasting or boiling.
food
fruit
plant
Suriname
koba
The tree and fruit of Artocarpus heterophyllus. It is related to the breadfruit and breadnut. The tree produces the worlds largest tree borne fruit - up to 80lbs and 3 feet long. Much of the fruit is starchy and fibrous. However, the seeds are surrounded by a sweet, pleasant tasting flesh. The seeds themselves are also edible after roasting or boiling.
food
fruit
plant
Trinidad & Tobago
sando
San Fernando, larger of the two cities in Trinidad and Tobago, and the second largest municipality. It occupies 18 km² and is located in the southwestern part of the island of Trinidad. It is bounded to the North by the Guaracara River, the south by the Oropouche River, the east by the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, and the West by the Gulf of Paria.
place