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Ipomoea purga
(gcide) | Ipomoeic \Ip`o*m[oe]"ic\ ([i^]p`[-o]*m[=e]"[i^]k), a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the
oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of
Ipom[oe]a purga), and identical in most of its properties
with sebacic acid.
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Ipomoea purga
(gcide) | Jalap \Jal"ap\, n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; -- so called from
Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.]
(Med.)
The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipom[oe]a purga (or
Exogonium purga) of the family Convolvulaceae, a climber
much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and
powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative
(cathartic) medicines, and are also called jalap. Other
species of Ipom[oe]a yield several inferior kinds of jalap,
as the Ipom[oe]a Orizabensis, and Ipom[oe]a tuberosa.
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False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock,
or marvel of Peru.
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