calumba

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calumba

/kæˈlʌmbə/
/kəˈlʌmbə/

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From Hausa kalumba (“small tree”).

noun calombo · colombo · columbo

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

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@misc{calumba_2026,
  title = {calumba},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calumba},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}