calumba

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English

Jateorhiza palmata

Etymology

From Hausa kalumba (“small tree”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kæˈlʌmbə/, /kəˈlʌmbə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

calumba (uncountable)

(medicine, archaic) A bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.

Alternative forms

calombo, colombo, columbo

Derived terms

References

“calumba”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“calumba”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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