Definition of jalap Jalap
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jalap (n.)
The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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jalap
jal′ap, n. the purgative root of a plant first brought from Jalapa or Xalapa, in Mexico.—adj. Jalap′ic—n. Jal′apin, a glucoside resin, one of the purgative principles of jalap
