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American columbo

noun

any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington

• Syn: ↑columbo, ↑deer's-ear, ↑deer's-ears, ↑pyramid plant, ↑American gentian

• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Frasera, ↑genus Frasera

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized A

1. : a perennial herb (Frasera caroliniensis) — called also American gentian, columbo; see deer's-ear

2. : the dried root of the American columbo formerly used as a bitter tonic

Useful english dictionary. 2012.