JALAP
\d͡ʒˈalap], \dʒˈalap], \dʒ_ˈa_l_a_p]\
Definitions of JALAP
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Convolvulus jalapa, Phytolacca decandra- j. Blanc, Convolvulus mechoacan- j. Cancer root, Phytolacca decandra- j. Fusiform, light male, see Convolvulus jalapa- j. Wild, Convolvulus panduratus.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The purgative root of several species of the Convolvulaceae, especially of Ipomoea purga (see jalapa [1st def.]).
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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