Found 2 items, similar to colombo.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Colombo
Colombo
n : the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the
largest harbors in the world; is located on the western
coast of the island of Ceylon [syn:
capital of Sri Lanka]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: colombo
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]