jalapとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• jallap (obsolete)
• jalop

発音

• IPA: /ˈd͡ʒæləp/, /ˈd͡ʒɑləp/

名詞

jalap (uncountable)

1. A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     He’s stinking with money and thinks you’re not a gentleman. His old fellow made his tin by selling jalap to Zulus or some bloody swindle or other.

派生語

語源 2

Shortening of jalapeño.

発音

• IPA: /hæləp/

名詞

jalap (plural jalaps)

1. (informal) A jalapeño.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:jalap.