Vocabulary : Jairou to Jalons

Jairou : The ahu or Asiatic gazelle.
Jak : see Ils Jack.
Jakes : A privy.
Jakie : A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog.
Jako : An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot.

Jakwood : See Jackwood.
Jalap : The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa.
Jalapic : Of or pertaining to jalap.
Jalapin : A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.
Jalons : Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals.

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