单词 | jalap |
释义 | jalapn. 1. A purgative drug obtained from the tuberous roots of Exogonium (Ipomœa) Purga and some other convolvulaceous plants; the active principle is the resin contained in the tubers ( resin of jalap). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived scammonyc1000 lign-aloesc1374 hiera picra1379 rhubarbc1390 aloea1398 cassia fistulaa1398 coloquintidaa1398 senec1400 turpethc1400 coloquintc1420 diagrydium1436 lignum aloes1525 rhabarbarum1533 xylaloes1540 manna1541 scilla1548 hyera?1550 emblic1555 diasenna1562 colocynth1565 tragonce1575 pinyon1577 mechoacan1587 lignum aquilae1600 gamboge1615 dragon-root1621 helleborism1621 diaprune1625 alhandal1630 makinboy1652 luskard1653 diagrydiate1657 physic nut1657 aloetic1661 scammoniate1665 jalap1675 aloedary1683 coloquinto1683 Briançon manna1688 liquorice powder1712 coloquintid1732 castor oil1746 senna-tea1752 higry pigry1773 Turkey rhubarb1789 argel1803 hickery-pickery1816 cathartin1823 aloin1828 croton oil1829 jalapin1832 syrmaea1833 bryonin1836 gambogic acid1837 Podophyllum1844 podophyllin1851 geropiga1852 hicra picra1857 Montpellier turpeth1860 picra1860 tallicoona oil1866 scammonin1868 pharbitisin1873 cascara sagrada1879 senna-draught1879 tambor-oil1890 syrup of figs1897 pharbitin1899 1675 N. Grew Disc. Tastes Plants v. §6 Jalap hath a special property of irritating the Glandulous Parts of the Mouth, and Throat. 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Jalap, a purging drug. 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians (ed. 5) iii. 8 The Lad who would a ’Pothecary shine, Should powder Claws of Crabs, and Jalap, fine. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 626/1 Although the best jalap is obtained from Exogonium purga, yet many species of Ipomæa supply it, though of an inferior quality. 1880 J. W. Legg On Bile 175 Next to Colocynth as a cholagogue Röhrig sets jalap. 2. The Mexican climbing plant Exogonium Purga, with salver-shaped purplish flowers; also applied to some allied plants yielding a similar drug. false jalap, Mirabilis Jalapa; male jalap, jalap tops, I. orizabensis ( I. batatoides); Mechoacan jalap, I. Jalapa; wild jalap, Convolvulus panduratus. (Miller Plant-names). East Indian jalap, garden jalap: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > jalap or turpeth plant or root turpethc1400 mechoacan1577 jalap1698 mechameck1811 1698 G. Thomas Hist. Acct. Pensilvania 19 Poke-Root, called in England Jallop. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Night-shade, a Plant which the Learned Father Plumier..calls Jalap. 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 394 Houstoun..had travelled into that part of Spanish America where jalap grows spontaneously. 1860 E. B. Tylor Anahuac xii. 317 In the neighbouring forests grows the ‘purga de Jalapa’, which we have shortened into jalap. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 501 Jalap is now grown in the open air in botanical gardens in the south of England, and on the continent. Compounds attributive, as jalap plant, jalap root, jalap tuber; jalap-stalks n., jalap-wood n. (see quot. 1865-72). ΚΠ 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory iii. 610 Macerate the jalap root in the spirit for four days. 1865–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 436 Spurious, woody or fusiform jalap, jalap-wood, or jalap-stalks,..the root of Convolvulus orizabensis, is sometimes mixed with genuine jalap. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 484/1 E[xogonium] Purga..furnishes the true Jalap tubers of commerce. Derivatives jalap v. (transitive) to dose or purge with jalap. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > purge > using specific substance jalapa1777 invert1796 a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) iii. 61 Yesterday..we bled the West ward, and jalloped the North. 1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) lxxix. 545 He again had recourse to the jalaped Tent [wine]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1675 |
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