英语词汇“mechoacan”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mechoacan

/mɛˈtʃəʊəkən/

(also mechoacanna) Now rare

noun

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.

black, grey, white mechoacan, etc.: see the first element..

2 US. 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.

单词	mechoacan
释义	mechoacan /mɛˈtʃəʊəkən/ (also mechoacanna) Now rare noun 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. black, grey, white mechoacan, etc.: see the first element.. 2 US. 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.
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