Calumba

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  • n. The bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A recent form of columbo, the common name for the root of Jateorhiza palmata and other plants. See columbo.
  • Word Usage
    "Pill hydrarg, to-night, and to-morrow morning a delicious goblet before breakfast -- sulph mag, tinct sennae, ditto calumba."
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    Colombo    columbo    calombo