calumba
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See also: Calumba
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)From its native name in Mozambique.
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Noun[edit]
calumba (uncountable)
- (medicine, archaic) A bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.
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References[edit]
- “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.