Meaning of jalap | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“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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