Meaning of ground provisions | Babel Free

Definitions

Starchy staple vegetables grown in the ground such as yam, taro, cassava and sweet potato.

Caribbean, Guyana, Jamaica, plural, plural-only

Examples

“In Barbadoes, I doubt whether the corn, (it is Indian corn not wheat) and the ground provisions (I mean yams, and other roots) raised in the island, are sufficient to maintain the inhabitants for three months […]”

“There is little cane grown in St. Mary: most of the cultivation is in fruit and ground provisions.”

“Thirty Arawak Indians were brought to teach the English how to plant cassava, yams, and other ground provisions […]”

“Lydia has made stewed chicken, rice, string beans, and the ground provisions that Mr. Sinclair likes: dasheen, cassava, and sweet potatoes.”

CEFR level