Columbo

3 definitions found

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

  Columbo \Co*lum"bo\, n. (Med.)
     See {Calumba}.
     [1913 Webster]

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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  columbo
       n : any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus
           Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of
           California, Oregon, and Washington [syn: {American
           columbo}, {deer's-ear}, {deer's-ears}, {pyramid plant}, {American
           gentian}]