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jalaps

jalaps is the plural of jalap.

Meaning of jalap

Noun (1)

jalap (uncountable)

  1. A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico.
    • He’s stinking with money and thinks you’re not a gentleman. His old fellow made his tin by selling jalap to Zulus or some bloody swindle or other.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Noun (2)

jalap (plural jalaps)

  1. (informal) A jalapeño.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:jalap.

Phrases with jalaps

Questions about jalaps

What is jalaps the plural of?
Jalaps is the plural of jalap.

Words near jalaps in the dictionary

  1. jalapin
  2. jalapinolate
  3. jalapinolates
  4. jalapinolic acid
  5. jalapins
  6. jalaps
  7. Jalaun
  8. Jalbert
  9. Jalberts
  10. Jaldabaoth
  11. jalebi

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