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Definition of: jalap
(jal′əp) noun
1. The dried root of any of several Mexican plants of the morning–glory family (especially Exogonium purga), used in medicine as a hydragog.
2. Any allied plant yielding a similar drug. Also Obs. jal′op. [<Sp. (purga de) Jalapa (medicine from) Jalapa]
—ja·lap·ic (jə·lap′ik) adjective
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