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Synonyms for jalap

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jal-uh p, jah-luh p
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæl əp, ˈdʒɑ ləp

Définition of jalap

  • As in tuber : noun vegetable
Example sentences :
  • It is prepared like resin of jalap and is a safe and sure purgative.
  • Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  • They came from the walks in prime condition, and tartar and jalap did the rest.
  • Extract from : « The Reckoning » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Tobacco and jalap grow in abundance at the foot of the Andes.
  • Extract from : « Torrey's Narrative » by William Torrey
  • Scammony is generally formed into an emulsion with milk; and resin of jalap, with almonds and water.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • It is frequently adulterated with jalap resin, a fraud readily detected by its insolubility in the last two menstrua.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • The bowels were kept open by jalap and the potassium bitartrate.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
  • "Then like as not these here is elephant's bones," remarked Jalap Coombs.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 » by Various
  • The talk now was about drugs and latitats, jalap and the law of escheats.
  • Extract from : « Old and New London » by Walter Thornbury
  • The next standby was calomel; the next, rhubarb; and the next, jalap.
  • Extract from : « Chapters from My Autobiography » by Mark Twain
  • So he picked up Jalap by her middle, and thoughtfully withdrew.
  • Extract from : « Cobwebs From an Empty Skull » by Ambrose Bierce (AKA: Dod Grile)

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