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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A glucoside, the active purgative principle of jalap.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.
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- noun organic chemistry A
glucoside occurring injalap (theroot of aconvolvulaceous plant ), used as apurgative .
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