Colombo - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Colombo : (noun)

1: 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: Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Calumba \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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Colombo : \Co*lom"bo\, n. (Med.) See Calumba.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)