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Meaning of jalapa | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The convolvulaceous plant Ipomoea purga, whose roots are used to make the drug jalap.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Português jalapa

Examples

“It contains a great deal⟳ of pungent salt, with a mixture of acidity, instead of earth and brimstone; it is a good cathartic, especially for the Negroes. Though at the present⟳ day, the jalapa is propagated in every part of America, yet it originally came from the city of Xalapa, from which it derived its name⟳.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

jalapate jalapeño jalapic acid jalapin jalapinolate jalapinolic acid

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