Alyssa is very popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity increased from the 1960s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of very light use only. At the height of its usage in 1999, 0.722% of baby girls were named Alyssa. Its ranking then was #11.lyssa is also a variant of the name Alicia (English, Latinized, Spanish, French, and Scandinavian) in the English language. Alyssa is also a variant of the name Alisa (German, English, Russian, Slavic, Armenian, and Hebrew) in the English and Hebrew languages.
Geechie commonly refers to a person of white descent whose family has long roots in the South Carolina lowcountry, mostly between Beaufort and Georgetown; centered around Charleston. They speak Geechie which is a heavily accented dialect of English with Gullah influences. He's as Geechie as they come.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Abrus precatorius, known commonly as jequirity, Crab's eye, rosary pea, precatory pea or bean, John Crow Bead, Indian licorice, Akar Saga, gidee gidee or Jumbie bead in Trinidad & Tobago, is a slender, perennial climber that twines around trees, shrubs, and hedges.It is a legume with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves.The plant is best known for its seeds, which are used as beads and in percussion instruments, and which are toxic due to the presence of Abrin. The plant is native to India and grows in tropical and subtropical areas of the world where it has been introduced.n Trinidad in the West Indies the brightly colored seeds are strung into bracelets and worn around the wrist or ankle to ward off jumbies or evil spirits and mal-yeux - the evil eye. The Tamils use Abrus seeds of different colors.