calumba (kalumba)

[NL., said to be from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] A recent form of columbo, the common name for the root of Jateorhiza palmata and other plants. See columbo . alumet kalume), Canadian and hence (kal'ū-met), n. calumet, prop. a introduced into E. and literary F.) parallel to chalumeau, a reed-pipe, Calumet. Its bowl is usually of soft red soapstone, and the tube a long orna mented with feathers. The calumet is IMG:content-2957.png:[blocks in formation] A wicked thing is a calumniator . =Syn. Slanderer, defamer, backbiter, libeler, detractor, traducer.