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mechoacan (iou)



mechoacan noun. Also Mechoacan. L16.
[Mechoacan, a Mexican province.]
Any of several plants related to morning glory which have purgative roots, esp. Ipomoea pandurata of the southern US; the root of such a plant. L16.
A purgative drug obtained from the roots of the mechoacan. E17-M18.