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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CALUMBA
Ca
*
lum
"
ba,
n.
Etym:
[
from
kalumb,
its
native
name
in
Mozambique.
]
(
Med.
)
Defn:
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.
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