columbic
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Co·lum′bic adjective
Origin: From Columbium.
Chemistry Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic.
Columbic acid Chemistry, a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide, Nb2O5; — called also niobic acid.
Co·lum′bic adjective
Origin: From Columbo.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root.
Columbic acid Chemistry, an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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