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Definition: CALUMBA |
CALUMBANoun1. 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. |
Note: Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, noun. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.]. (references) |
Crosswords: CALUMBA |
| English words defined with "CALUMBA": American calumba ♦ Calumbin. (references) |
Expressions using "CALUMBA": American calumba ♦ Jateorrhiza Calumba. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "CALUMBA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | colombo (Colombo), calumba. (various references) | |
French | colombo, calumba. (various references) | |
German | Colombo (Colombo). (various references) | |
Greek | καλούμπα, κολόμπο. (various references) | |
Italian | colombo (columbus, dove, pigeon). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alumbacay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | columba, colombo (colombia, columbus). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Jateorhiza palmata. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "CALUMBA" (pronounced 'Ca*lum"ba'): Abba, Algaroba, Amoeba, Araba, Arroba, Baba, Caaba, Carnauba, Columba, Coscoroba, Dagoba, Gamba, Gleba, Koolokamba, marimba, Mustaiba, Peba, tuba, Yerba, Zareba. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-l-m-u" | |
-1 letter: bacula, macula. | |
-2 letters: album, cabal, ulama. | |
-3 letters: alba, alma, alum, baal, balm, blam, calm, caul, clam, club, culm, lama, lamb, maul. | |
-4 letters: aal, aba, ala, alb, ama, amu, baa, bal, bam, bum, cab, cam, cub, cum, lab, lac, lam, lum, mac. | |
-5 letters: aa, ab, al, am, ba, la, ma, mu, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-l-m-u" | |
+2 letters: ambulacra, ambulance. | |
+3 letters: acetabulum, ambulacral, ambulacrum, ambulances, columbaria. | |
+4 letters: acetabulums, candelabrum, lactalbumin, lumbosacral, unmatchable. | |
+5 letters: candelabrums, lactalbumins. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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