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Definition of mechoacan in English: mechoacan(also mechoacanna) noun mɛˈtʃəʊəkən rare 1The whitish tuberous root of a kind of morning glory, Ipomoea macrorhiza (I. jalapa), native to Mexico and the southern United States, which was formerly much used in medicine as a purgative; the plant itself. Also called white jalap. With distinguishing word or phrase: any of several other kinds of purgative root. 2US. The wild potato vine, Ipomoea pandurata.
Origin Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Frampton (fl. 1559–1581), merchant and translator. From Mechoacan (now Michoacán), the name of a state in west-central Mexico. Definition of mechoacan in US English: mechoacan(also mechoacanna) nounmɛˈtʃəʊəkən rare 1The whitish tuberous root of a kind of morning glory, Ipomoea macrorhiza (I. jalapa), native to Mexico and the southern United States, which was formerly much used in medicine as a purgative; the plant itself. Also called white jalap. With distinguishing word or phrase: any of several other kinds of purgative root. 2US. The wild potato vine, Ipomoea pandurata.
Origin Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Frampton (fl. 1559–1581), merchant and translator. From Mechoacan (now Michoacán), the name of a state in west-central Mexico. |