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[syn: Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
[1913 Webster]
American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called
American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as
bitter tonic in place of calumba.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Colombo \Co*lom"bo\, n. (Med.)
See Calumba.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Colombo \Colombo\ prop. n. (Geography)
The (official) capital city of Sri Lanka. Population (2000) =
1,994,000.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Colombo
n 1: the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the
largest harbors in the world; is located on the western
coast of the island of Ceylon [syn: Colombo, capital of
Sri Lanka]