ipom[oe]a tuberosa

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ipom[oe]a tuberosa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Seven \Sev"en\, a. [OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon,
     seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun,
     G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sj["o], Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith.
     septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L.
     septem, Gr. ???, Skr. saptan. [root]305. Cf. Hebdomad,
     Heptagon, September.]
     One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one
     week.
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     Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4.
  
     Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades.
  
     Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders.
  
     Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa  clusiifolia
        ) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible
        fruit.
  
     Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant
        (Ipom[oe]a tuberosa) related to the morning-glory.
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  Jalap \Jal"ap\, n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; -- so called from
     Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.]
     (Med.)
     The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipom[oe]a purga (or
     Exogonium purga) of the family Convolvulaceae, a climber
     much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and
     powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative
     (cathartic) medicines, and are also called jalap. Other
     species of Ipom[oe]a yield several inferior kinds of jalap,
     as the Ipom[oe]a Orizabensis, and Ipom[oe]a tuberosa.
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     False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock,
        or marvel of Peru.
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