calumba
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See also: Calumba
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hausa kalumba (“small tree”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kæˈlʌmbə/, /kəˈlʌmbə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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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[edit]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.