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Definition of colombo

colombo
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.
Colombo
Colombo Co*lom"bo, n. (Med.) See Calumba.

Meaning of colombo from wikipedia

- Colombo (/kəˈlʌmboʊ/ kə-LUM-boh; Sinhala: කොළඹ, romanized: Koḷam̆ba, IPA: [ˈkoləᵐbə]; Tamil: கொழும்பு, romanized: Koḻumpu, IPA: [koɻumbɯ]) is the executive...
- The Colombo crime family (/kəˈlɒm.boʊ/, Italian pronunciation: [koˈlombo]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and the youngest of the "Five Families"...
- Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. (Italian: [koˈlombo]; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the...
- Look up colombo or Colombo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo may also refer...
- of Genoa between 25 August and 31 October 1451. His father was Domenico Colombo, a wool weaver who worked in Genoa and Savona, and owned a cheese stand...
- Colombo may refer to: Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo (1920–1984), an Italian scientist 10387 Bepicolombo, an asteroid named after Bepi Colombo BepiColombo,...
- Pia Colombo (6 July 1934, in Homblières, Aisne, France – 16 April 1986) was a French singer of Franco-Italian origin, been born Eliane Marie Amélie Pia...
- Cristoforo Colombo (1446–1506) was a European explorer better known as "Christopher Columbus". Cristoforo Colombo may also refer to: Cristoforo Colombo (opera)...
- Colombo city is divided into administrative sub-units derived from feudal counties. The 15 divisions are listed below. "Colombo Areas". www.visitcolombo...
- Giuseppe "Bepi" Colombo (2 October 1920 in Padua – 20 February 1984 in Padua) was an Italian scientist, mathematician and engineer at the University of...