Definitions for jalapin

jalapin jal·a·pin

Spelling: [jal-uh-pin, jah-luh-]
IPA: /ˈdʒæl ə pɪn, ˈdʒɑ lə-/

Jalapin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in jalapin (aaijlnp).

Definitions for jalapin

noun

  1. a resin that is one of the purgative principles of jalap.

Origin of jalapin

1825-35; New Latin jalāp(a) jalap + -in2

Examples for jalapin

The chief constituents of jalap resin are two glucosides—convolvulin and jalapin—sugar, starch and gum.

jalapin or scammonin, C34H56O16, occurs in scammony; it hydrolyses to glucose and jalapinolic acid.

Word Value for jalapin
Scrable

16

Words with friends

21

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