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Definition of Columbo
1. Noun. Any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Frasera, Genus Frasera
Definition of Columbo
1. n. See Calumba.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Columbo
Literary usage of Columbo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1907)
"CHRISTO columbo he vera a great-a man, He grinds de hand-a organ and he sell-a
... So columbo he make up his-a mind, and so he say, say he: "I tink-a dere's ..."
2. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"R. Powdered columbo, ten grains. Magnesia, two scruples. Mix for a dose. ...
One every COMPOUND PILLS OF columbo. R. Powdered columbo, four scruples. ..."
3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1830)
"If this plan answers well, the culture of columbo root may be so extended ...
columbo root has been long known and esteemed, both in the East Indies and in ..."
4. A Description of Ceylon by James Cordiner (1807)
"EMBASSY FROM columbo TO THE COURT OF CANDY IN THE YEAR 1800. •*f THE information
contained in this chapter is taken from the manuscript of a diary written ..."
5. The Saturday Magazine by Adam Matthew Publications (1835)
"VIEW OF columbo. of this infernal receptacle, such as a parricide, ... columbo.
THE modern capital of Ceylon is columbo, situated on the south-west coast. ..."
6. The History of Christianity in India: From the Commencement of the Christian Era by James Hough (1845)
"In the Spring of 1811 Sir Alexander em- IY" barked again for India; and on his
arrival at Auxiliary columbo he took the earliest opportunity to con- ..."
7. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"of the beautiful lake of columbo. It is divided into basins by projecting points,
... On the road from Point de Galle to columbo, Mrs. Graham and her party, ..."
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