slovo | definícia |
columbo (encz) | columbo, n: |
Columbo (gcide) | Columbo \Co*lum"bo\, n. (Med.)
See Calumba.
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columbo (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.
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columbo (wn) | columbo
n 1: any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus
Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of
California, Oregon, and Washington [syn: columbo,
American columbo, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, {pyramid
plant}, American gentian] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
columbo (encz) | columbo, n: |
columbo (gcide) | Columbo \Co*lum"bo\, n. (Med.)
See Calumba.
[1913 Webster]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] |
american columbo (wn) | American columbo
n 1: any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus
Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of
California, Oregon, and Washington [syn: columbo,
American columbo, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, {pyramid
plant}, American gentian] |
columbo (wn) | columbo
n 1: any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus
Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of
California, Oregon, and Washington [syn: columbo,
American columbo, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, {pyramid
plant}, American gentian] |
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