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jalap

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒæləp/Sorted aajlpStarts with JEnds with P0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico.

Word origin

From the city of Xalapa in Mexico.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:jalap.

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