1. The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga, a climber much like the morning-glory; also the drug prepared from the tubers which is a purgative medicine

Derived forms: jalaps

Encyclopedia: Jalap

• Plectranthus amboinicus
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• Plectrophenax
• Plectrophenax nivalis
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• Pleiades
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