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JAL'AP, n. The root of a plant, a species of Convolvulus. It is brought in thin transverse slices, and also whole, of an oval shape, hard, solid and heavy. It has little or no taste or smell, but is much used in powder as a cathartic.
The tubers of the
Mexican plant Ipomœa 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 Ipomœa yield several inferior kinds of jalap,
as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa.
False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock, or marvel of Peru. | ||||||||