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:… … Useful english dictionary
American gentian — 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, ↑American columbo, ↑deer s ear, ↑deer s ears, ↑pyramid plant • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
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: ↑American columbo, ↑deer s ear, ↑deer s ears, ↑pyramid plant, ↑American gentian •… … Useful english dictionary
Columbo (disambiguation) — Columbo is an alternative spelling of the common Italian surname Colombo. Columbo may also refer to: Columbo (TV series), an American detective television program Franco Columbo Russ Columbo, an American singer, violinist and actor Chris Columbo … Wikipedia
Columbo — Not to be confused with Colombo. This article is about the TV film series. For other uses, see Columbo (disambiguation). Columbo Peter Falk (right) as Lt. Columbo, 1974 … Wikipedia
Columbo (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Columbo caption = Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo format = Television movie Mystery Police procedural camera = Single camera picture format = Film audio format = Monaural Stereophonic Sound runtime = 30 x 73 minutes 39 x… … Wikipedia
columbo — Calumba Ca*lum ba, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
American calumba — Calumba Ca*lum ba, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
American gentian — Calumba Ca*lum ba, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chris Columbo — Joseph Chris Columbo Morris, better known as Crazy Chris Columbo,[1] (1902–2002)[2] was an American jazz drummer. Prior to a stroke which partially paralyzed him in 1993, Columbo was the oldest working musician in Atlantic City.[1] Columbo got… … Wikipedia