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Definition: JALAP |
JALAPNoun1. The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa. |
Date "JALAP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references) |
Etymology: Jalap \Jal"ap\, noun. [French expression, from Spanish jalapa; -- so called from Jalapa, town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: JALAP |
| English words defined with "JALAP": Convolvulin ♦ Ipomoeic ♦ Jalapic, Jalapin ♦ Mechoacan. (references) |
Expressions using "JALAP": False jalap ♦ jalap plant. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jalap | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "JALAP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вид разслабително средство. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | jalape. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | jalappe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ژالاپ , جلب (Invitation), داروی مسهل . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | jalap. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Jalape. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιαλάπη, ζαλάπα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scialappa, gialappa (jalap plant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alapjay jalapa. (various references) слабительное из мексиканского растения ялапы. (various references) jalapa oficinal. (various references) çalapa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Ipomoea purga. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "JALAP": jalapeno, jalapenos, jalapic, jalapin, jalapins, jalaps. (additional references) | |
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"JALAP" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ajalan, alap, galap, jaal, jaap, jaka, jala, Jalan, jalapa, jalape, jale, Jaleh, jalep, Jalla, Jallul, jalope, jalpari, jela, jila, jilbab, jola, Njala. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-j-l-p" | |
-2 letters: aal, ala, alp, lap, pal. | |
-3 letters: aa, al, la, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-j-l-p" | |
+1 letter: jalaps. | |
+2 letters: jalapic, jalapin. | |
+3 letters: flapjack, jalapeno, jalapins, slapjack. | |
+4 letters: applejack, flapjacks, jalapenos, slapjacks. | |
+5 letters: applejacks. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 41 4C 41 50 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--- .- .-.. .- .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01000001 01001100 01000001 01010000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J A L A P |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0041 004C 0041 0050 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4435463550 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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