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Columbic acid (Chem.), an organic
acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow,
amorphous substance.

Co*lum"bi*er (?), n. See
Colombier.

Col"um*bif"er*ous (?), a.
[Columbium + -ferous.] Producing or containing
columbium.

Co*lum"bin (?), n. (Chem.)
A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See
Calumbin.

Col"um*bine (?), a. [L.
columbinus, fr. columba dove.] Of or
pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
"Columbine innocency." Bacon.

Col"um*bine, n. [LL.
columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr.
columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called
from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.] 1.
(Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus
Aquilegia; as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden
columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North
America.

2. The mistress or sweetheart of
Harlequin in pantomimes. Brewer.

Co*lum"bite (?), n. [Cf.


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