Calumba

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]