columbo

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proper noun

A surname from Italian.

Similar
American columbodeer's-eardeer's-earspyramid plantAmerican gentian
OriginItalian Columbo →
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Meanings

columbo1

nouncolumbo (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of calumba.

Columbo2

proper nounColumbo (plural Columbos)

plural Columbos

  1. A surname from Italian.

Columbo3

proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of Colombo (“Sri Lankan city”).

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
American columbodeer's-eardeer's-earspyramid plantAmerican gentian
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
american columbo

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

columbo · noun

The spelling was probably influenced by Columbo (an old spelling of Colombo), under the assumption that the plant came from there.

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Columbo · proper noun

  1. ItalianColumbo
  2. EnglishColumbo

Borrowed from Italian Columbo.

More words from Italian

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

coulomb
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APA

columbo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/columbo

MLA

“columbo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/columbo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “columbo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/columbo.

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