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Definition of American calumba

American calumba
Calumba Ca*lum"ba, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) 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.

Meaning of American calumba from wikipedia

- ("petiolate") and have a thick, waxy texture. It is also known as American calumba, American colombo, Radix colombo americanae, Frasera Walteri, Frasera canadensis...
- Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1906. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford....