Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mechoacan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mechoacan \Me*cho"a*can\, n.
A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be
obtained from the root of a species of {Convolvulus} ({C.
Mechoacan}); -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence
it is obtained.
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