See Also: jalap(medicine)
jalap(dictionary)
jalap resin(medicine)
orizaba jalap root(medicine)

outlast (oh) and jalap (iou)


outlast (oh)



to continue to exist or be effective for a longer time than something else
::Smith outlasted his rivals in the council to become leader in 1996.
::A leather sofa will usually outlast a cloth one.
-see also outlive

jalap (iou)



jalap noun & verb. M17.
[French from Spanish jalapa, in full purga de Jalapa, from Jalapa, Xalapa a Mexican city. Cf. JOLLOP noun2.]
A. noun.
A purgative drug obtained from the tuberous roots of a Mexican climbing plant, Ipomoea purga, and from certain Other plants of the bindweed family. M17.
The plant yielding this drug; (with specifying word) any of certain Other plants yielding a similar drug. L17.
false jalap = marvel of Peru s.v. MARVEL noun1.
b. verb trans. Dose or purge with jalap. rare. M18.