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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The root of Jateorrhiza Calumba (J. palmata), a menispermaceous plant of southeastern Africa, cultivated in some African and East Indian islands.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) See
calumba .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
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Incidentally, the “columbo thing” Officer Whit refers to can also work remarkably well when done by prosecutors to the high-priced ‘Wall Street lawyer’ types who typically end up representing “rich people”.
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Incidentally, the “columbo thing” Officer Whit refers to can also work remarkably well when done by prosecutors to the high-priced ‘Wall Street lawyer’ types who typically end up representing “rich people”.
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If you had been listening to Today at just after 7:30 you would have heard Naughtie do a piece, which included interviews with jubiliant Sri Lankans in columbo and then a long interview with Palitha Kohona, secretary at the Sri Lankan ministry of foreign affairs.
SAVE THE TIGERS..? 2009
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Wii nawt can sillybrate columbo dai in Souf dakotah…Wii haz tu sillybrate teh Natib Americun dai.
Me… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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December 14th, 2007 at 2: 08 pm jokerswild says: columbo, ordinarily i would not be able to ‘hear’ someone w/o an avatar. in your case however ...
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I did my part, and you did your in telling it in a little bit less of a columbo style.
Villaraigosa Says, "I Do" To Gang Czar Idea and Speaks on "Special Order 40" 2007
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Take of gentian 4 oz., orange peel 4 oz., columbo 4 oz., chamomile flowers 4 oz., quassia 4 oz., burned sugar 1 lb., whiskey 2-1/2 galls., water 2-1/2 galls,; mix and let stand one week, then bottle the clear liquor.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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As regards the vegetable tonics so called, the best among them is the columbo (Radix columbo) and this readily yields its bitter principle to water, as does quassia, gentian, senna, rhubarb and most other valuable substances.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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Blennerhassett was convoyed to the depths of the island forest, where the strangely assorted pair conversed intimately on the virtues of pleurisy-root, Indian physic and columbo.
A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett William Henry Venable 1878
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This may be corrected by taking at night a tea-spoonful of the confection of senna, a pleasant preparation of this ordinarily disagreeable medicine, and by drinking three times a day, before each meal, a wine-glassful of a tea made with columbo.
The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother 1859
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Usage on calumba.
October 14, 2008