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CALUMBA
Etymology
From its native name in Mozambique.
Noun
calumba (uncountable)
(medicine, archaic) The bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.
Anagrams
• Cambalu
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*lum"ba, n. Etym: [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.)
Definition: 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. [Written also colombo, columbo, and calombo.] American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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