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jallap

jallap is the obsolete spelling 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.

Questions about jallap

What is jallap the obsolete spelling of?
Jallap is the obsolete spelling of jalap.

Words near jallap in the dictionary

  1. Jalisa
  2. Jalisco
  3. Jaliyah
  4. jalkar
  5. jalkars
  6. jallap
  7. jallebi
  8. jallebis
  9. Jallikattu
  10. Jalloh
  11. Jallohs

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