jalapa
jalapa noun: the convolvulaceous plant Ipomoea purga, whose roots are used to make the drug jalap.
Noun
jalapa (countable and uncountable, plural jalapas)
- The convolvulaceous plant Ipomoea purga, whose roots are used to make the drug jalap.
- It contains a great deal of pungent salt, with a mixture of acidity, instead of earth and brimstone; it is a good cathartic, especially for the Negroes. Though at the present day, the jalapa is propagated in every part of America, yet it originally came from the city of Xalapa, from which it...1815, Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson, The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies, page 52
Forms of jalapa
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Questions about jalapa
- What does jalapa mean?
- Jalapa means the convolvulaceous plant Ipomoea purga, whose roots are used to make the drug jalap.
- What part of speech is jalapa?
- Jalapa is a noun.
- What is the plural of jalapa?
- The plural of jalapa is jalapas.
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