Usually means: Root used in traditional medicine.
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  1. calumba: Merriam-Webster
  2. calumba: Collins English Dictionary
  3. calumba: Wordnik
  4. calumba: Wiktionary
  5. calumba: Dictionary.com
  6. Calumba: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. calumba: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Calumba: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. calumba: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Calumba: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. calumba: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. calumba: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (calumba)

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

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