mamajuana

English

Alternative forms

• Mama Juana

Etymology

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Noun

mamajuana (uncountable)

1. A drink from the Dominican Republic, made from rum, red wine, and honey soaked with tree bark and herbs.
   • 2008 April 21, Brooks Barnes, “Selling Chat on Fox, and a Sex-Enhancing Potion on the Side”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Because some of the roots and herbs found in traditional mamajuana are banned in the United States, according to Mr. Layfield, he spent a year tinkering with substitute ingredients.