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Definition: Exogonium purga
Jalap
\Jal"ap\, n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; -- so called from
Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.]
(Med.)
The tubers of the Mexican plant
Ipom[oe]a purga (or
Exogonium purga) of the family
Convolvulaceae, a climber
much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and
powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative
(cathartic) medicines, and are also called jalap. Other
species of
Ipom[oe]a yield several inferior kinds of jalap,
as the
Ipom[oe]a Orizabensis, and
Ipom[oe]a tuberosa.
[1913 Webster]
False jalap, the root of
Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock,
or marvel of Peru.
[1913 Webster]
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