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Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

From Hausa kalumba (“small tree”).

Related phrases

American columbo

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