calumban.

/kəˈlʌmbə/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s colombo, 1800s calomba, calombo, calumbo, columba, columbo.

Etymology: < Colombo, in Sri Lanka. ‘So called from a false impression that it was supplied from thence’ (M. T. Masters in Treasury Bot. 636).

Medicine.

The root of Jateorhiza palmata (or Coccolus palmatus) family Menospermaceæ, a plant indigenous to the forests of Mozambique, used in medicine as a mild tonic and stomachic.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > medicinal roots

rich root1698

calumba1789

lopez-root1791

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > tonic > plant-derived

hypocistisa1425

red sanders1553

sarsaparilla1577

langue de boeuf1615

sarsa1625

zerumbet1640

Winter's cinnamon1673

cascarilla1686

Winteran bark1694

simarouba1733

hypocist1751

Oswego tea1752

yellowroot1755

calumba1789

pipsissewa1793

prince's pine1807

strychnine1819

strychnia1823

false Winter's bark1830

strychnina1838

musk root1844

sumbul root1844

chirayta1847

Cusparia1852

phytin1905

boldo1908

1789 A. Crawford in Med. Communications 2 330 The powder of colombo root.

1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 295 The infus. gentian comp. was ordered in lieu of the colombo.

1811 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Columbo..the root formerly so called is now termed Calumba in the London pharmacopœia..As an antiseptic, Calumba root is inferior to the bark.

1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica v. 133 The root of the Frasera Walteri..is said to be not inferior to gentian and columbo.

1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 724 Calumba is indigenous to the forests of Eastern Africa, where it climbs to the tops of the loftiest trees.

1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Aug. 555/2 Take some of the milder bitter tonics—infusion of calumba, for instance.

Derivatives

caˈlumbin n. [see -in suffix¹] bitter substances found in calumba root.

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1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 306/2 The active principle Calumbine..may be obtained either by alcohol or æther.

1842 J. Liebig & W. Gregory E. Turner's Elements Chem. (ed. 7) 1121 Columbine.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 57 Columbin, a bitter neutral principle crystallizing in rhomboid prisms or needles.

1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 725 Calumbin is the principal constituent.

caˈlumbic acid n. [see -ic suffix]

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1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 725 Calumbic acid is a yellow amorphous substance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	calumba
释义	calumban. /kəˈlʌmbə/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s colombo, 1800s calomba, calombo, calumbo, columba, columbo. Etymology: < Colombo, in Sri Lanka. ‘So called from a false impression that it was supplied from thence’ (M. T. Masters in Treasury Bot. 636). Medicine. The root of Jateorhiza palmata (or Coccolus palmatus) family Menospermaceæ, a plant indigenous to the forests of Mozambique, used in medicine as a mild tonic and stomachic. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > medicinal roots rich root1698 calumba1789 lopez-root1791 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > tonic > plant-derived hypocistisa1425 red sanders1553 sarsaparilla1577 langue de boeuf1615 sarsa1625 zerumbet1640 Winter's cinnamon1673 cascarilla1686 Winteran bark1694 simarouba1733 hypocist1751 Oswego tea1752 yellowroot1755 calumba1789 pipsissewa1793 prince's pine1807 strychnine1819 strychnia1823 false Winter's bark1830 strychnina1838 musk root1844 sumbul root1844 chirayta1847 Cusparia1852 phytin1905 boldo1908 1789 A. Crawford in Med. Communications 2 330 The powder of colombo root. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 295 The infus. gentian comp. was ordered in lieu of the colombo. 1811 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Columbo..the root formerly so called is now termed Calumba in the London pharmacopœia..As an antiseptic, Calumba root is inferior to the bark. 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica v. 133 The root of the Frasera Walteri..is said to be not inferior to gentian and columbo. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 724 Calumba is indigenous to the forests of Eastern Africa, where it climbs to the tops of the loftiest trees. 1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Aug. 555/2 Take some of the milder bitter tonics—infusion of calumba, for instance. Derivatives caˈlumbin n. [see -in suffix¹] bitter substances found in calumba root. ΚΠ 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 306/2 The active principle Calumbine..may be obtained either by alcohol or æther. 1842 J. Liebig & W. Gregory E. Turner's Elements Chem. (ed. 7) 1121 Columbine. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 57 Columbin, a bitter neutral principle crystallizing in rhomboid prisms or needles. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 725 Calumbin is the principal constituent. caˈlumbic acid n. [see -ic suffix] ΚΠ 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 725 Calumbic acid is a yellow amorphous substance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1789
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