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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ca·lum·ba /-(ˌ)bo/ 名詞
 古倫僕根,非洲防己根

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ca·lum·ba n.  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.
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