Columbic \Co*lum"bic\, a. [From {Columbium}.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic. {Columbic acid} (Chem.), a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide, {Nb2O5}; -- called also {niobic acid}. Columbic \Co*lum"bic\, a. [From {Columbo}.] Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root. {Columbic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance.