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calombo

calombo is the alternative form of calumba.

Meaning of calumba

Noun

calumba (uncountable)

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

Questions about calombo

What is calombo the alternative form of?
Calombo is the alternative form of calumba.

Words near calombo in the dictionary

  1. calocinin
  2. Calog
  3. Calogero
  4. Calogeros
  5. calomba
  6. calombo
  7. Calomboyan
  8. calomel
  9. calomel electrode
  10. calomel electrodes
  11. calomels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calombo (page history and authors); calumba (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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