Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

agua de jamaica

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: agua de -ja-maica
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A beverage made from the roselle plant's sepals, usually an infusion or a soda.

Example Sentences

"Our study in California among low-income immigrants from Mexico and first-generation Mexican Americans showed that 68 ... Tacos (-11%) "Agua de Jamaica" (-40%) "Fideos" (-22%) Meat/Vegetables (-10%) "Atole" (-40%) "Chilaquiles" (-21%)"
"agua de Jamaica is a popular drink made by steeping the red flower of the Jamaica plant in warm ^H water and then serving it chilled"
"while agua de jamaica is made with dried hibiscus leaves."
"flavoured cold drinks, of which the most common are horchata (rice milk flavoured with cinnamon) and agua de arroz (like an iced rice-pudding drink – delicious), agua de jamaica (hibiscus) or de tamarindo (tamarind)."
"I really like Jarritos' agua de jamaica because they make it with real sugar and the home made agua is nasty."

Etymology

From Spanish agua de jamaica, literally "water of roselle".

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: agua de jamaica

Inflected Forms

agua de jamaicas (plural)

Questions

What does agua de jamaica mean?: A beverage made from the roselle plant's sepals, usually an infusion or a soda.
Where does agua de jamaica come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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