Calumbin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bitter white crystalline substance extracted from the calumba root (Jateorhiza palmata). uncountable

    "Cissampelina, the intensely sweetish-bitter principle found in this body, is very like calumbin in some physical properties; yet we have been wont to associate other therapeutic ideas with pareira, than with calumba."

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"Cissampelina, the intensely sweetish-bitter principle found in this body, is very like calumbin in some physical properties; yet we have been wont to associate other therapeutic ideas with pareira, than with calumba."

Etymology

From calumba + -in.

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