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.]
American calumba, the Frasera
Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root
has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of
calumba.