jalap

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von jalap im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

calapa

çalapa

bu bitkiden çıkarılan müshil ilâ

(isim) çalapa

(Tıp) n.Çalepa, kökü müshil bir bitki veya bu bitkiden çıkarılan ilaç

Exogonium purga

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von jalap im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico

{n} the root of species of bind-weed used in powder as a purgative

The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomœa purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory

Orizabensis, and I

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

{i} purgative substance derived from the dried root of a number of climbing plants

tuberosa

Silbentrennung

jal·ap

Etymologie

() From the city of Xalapa in Mexico.