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Webster 1913 Edition


Mechoacan

Me-cho′a-can

,
Noun.
A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be obtained from the root of a species of
Convolvulus
(
Convolvulus Mechoacan
); – so called from
Michoacan
, in Mexico, whence it is obtained.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mechoacan

MECHO'ACAN

,
Noun.
White jalap, the root of an American species of Convolvulus, from Mechoacan, in Mexico; a purgative of slow operation, but safe.