jalap
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- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 5
/ˈd͡ʒæləp/
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/ˈd͡ʒæləp/ · /ˈd͡ʒɑləp/ · /hæləp/
Definition of jalap
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)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.”
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noun
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(uncountable)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.”
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(informal)A jalapeño.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:jalap.”
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Etymology
From the city of Xalapa in Mexico.
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