jalap

Examples

• All

• Many herbal remedies include jalap root due to its strong laxative properties and effectiveness.

• He then traveled to Campechy and Vera Cruz to look for jalap, sarsaparilla, contrayerva, cochineal, gum elemi, and any other useful plants to add to his collection.

  Academic text (2009)

• We made them wash, take some medicine composed of sulphur, salts, and Jalap.

  Academic text (1993)

• The jalap, or marvel of Peru, unfolds its petals between five and six in the evening, which shut again as soon as night comes on.

  Academic text (2017)

• The doctor recommended a small dose of jalap as a natural laxative for her constipation.

Synonyms

C

cascara

vsjalap

• Specialized

1 9.9

People use dried bark from a buckthorn tree to make a medicine that helps you have a bowel movement

uses a climbing plant root rather than bark as the active laxative

C

cascara sagrada

vsjalap

• Specialized

1 9.9

Dried bark from a tree that helps people with constipation

points to the root as the source of the strong laxative rather than bark

J

jalapa

vsjalap

• Archaic

9.9

A garden plant with bright tube-shaped flowers whose dried root was used as a strong laxative

is a climbing plant whose root is used as a strong laxative

C

chittam bark

vsjalap

• Archaic

9.9

Dried bark from a tree used as a natural laxative

relies on a root, not bark, for the strong laxative effect

C

chittem bark

vsjalap

• Archaic

9.9

Dried bark used as a medicine to help people have a bowel movement

focuses on root use for strong laxative action rather than bark

Surface Forms

Etymology