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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or obtained from columbium.
  • Existing in or derived from columbo-root: as, columbic acid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic.
  • adjective (Chem.) a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide, Nb2O5; -- called also niobic acid.
  • adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root.
  • adjective (Chem.) an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance.

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