Tampico jalap
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tampico jalap — noun Usage: usually capitalized T Etymology: from Tampico, Mexico : the dried root of a Mexican morning glory (Ipomoea simulans) or the powdered drug containing a resin prepared from it … Useful english dictionary
Jalap — is a cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga , a convolvulaceous plant growing on the eastern declivities of the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico at an elevation of 5000 to 8000 ft. above sea level, more especially about… … Wikipedia
jalap — The dried tuberous root of Exogonium purga, E. jalapa, or Ipomoea purga (family Convolvulaceae); used as a cathartic. [Jalapa or Xalapa, a Mexican city from where the drug was exported] * * * jal·ap jal əp, jäl n 1 a) the dried tuberous root of a … Medical dictionary
Ipomoea — is also an album by the ethereal wave band Love Spirals Downwards, and a short story by John Rackham, published by Ace Books in 1969. Ipomoea Ipomoea carnea, called canudo de pita in Brazil … Wikipedia
tampicin — Pharm. Chem. (ˈtæmpɪsɪn) [f. Tampico + in1: in F. tampicine.] The resin, C68H108O28, obtained from Tampico jalap, the tuberous root of Ipomæa simulans. in Billings Nat. Med. Dict. in Syd. Soc. Lex … Useful english dictionary
