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CALUMBA

Definition: CALUMBA

CALUMBA

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, noun. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.]. (references)


Crosswords: CALUMBA

English words defined with "CALUMBA": American calumbaCalumbin. (references)

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Expressions: CALUMBA

Expressions using "CALUMBA": American calumba Jateorrhiza Calumba. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CALUMBA

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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: CALUMBA

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Jateorhiza palmata. (various references)

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Rhyming with "CALUMBA"

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)

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Anagrams: CALUMBA

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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