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Noun: columbo  ku'lúm-bow
  1. Any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
    - American columbo, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, pyramid plant, American gentian

Derived forms: columbos

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: Frasera, genus Frasera

Encyclopedia: Columbo