Mechoacan

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}
     ({Convolvulus Mechoacan}); -- so called from Michoacan, in
     Mexico, whence it is obtained.
     [1913 Webster]