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jalap

Jalap is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter J and ends with the letter P for which we found 1 definitions.

Definition
(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.

Syllable Information

The word jalap is a 5 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for jalap is: jal-ap


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