Jalap

[dʒælәp]

解釋/意思:

(n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa.

整理:康拉德

解釋/意思:

n. the purgative root of a plant first brought from Jalapa or Xalapa in Mexico.—adj. Jalap′ic—n. Jal′apin a glucoside resin one of the purgative principles of jalap.

整理:普雷斯利