fingrigon.
/ˈfɪŋɡrɪɡəʊ/ The name in Jamaica for a prickly climbing shrub, Pisonia aculeata.
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1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. liv They grind the roots of Fingrigo and Limetree between two stones.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 252 Fingrigo, or the thorny Mimosa. This prickly shrub is frequent in most of the sugar colonies.
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