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Webster 1913 Edition


Colombo

Co-lom′bo

,
Noun.
(Med.)
See
Calumba
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Colombo

COLOMBO

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Noun.
A root from colombo in Ceylon. Its smell is aromatic, and its taste pungent and bitter. It is much esteemed as a tonic in dyspeptic and bilious diseases.