Co·lom·bo /kəˈlʌm(ˌ)bo/
可倫坡[斯里蘭卡的首都]
co·lom·bo /-(ˌ)bo/ 名詞
見calumbae radix
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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Co·lom·bo n. Med. See Calumba.
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Colombo
n : the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the
largest harbors in the world; is located on the western
coast of the island of Ceylon [syn: capital of Sri Lanka]