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calumba

/kæˈlʌmbə/

calumba noun: a bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.

calumba: a bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and...
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Noun

calumba (uncountable)

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

Forms of calumba

alternative formcalombo
alternative formcolombo
alternative formcolumbo

Origin of calumba

From Hausa kalumba (“small tree”).

Words formed from calumba

Phrases with calumba

Words that rhyme with calumba

Questions about calumba

What does calumba mean?
Calumba means a bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.
What part of speech is calumba?
Calumba is a noun.
How do you pronounce calumba?
Calumba is pronounced /kæˈlʌmbə/.

Words near calumba in the dictionary

  1. Caluco
  2. Caluctogan
  3. Calugusan
  4. Calulu
  5. Calum
  6. calumba
  7. calumbin
  8. calumenin
  9. calumet
  10. Calumet County
  11. calumetite

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