1837 VII. 306/2 The active principle Calumbine..may be obtained either by alcohol or æther.
1842 J. Liebig & W. Gregory (ed. 7) 1121 Columbine.
1875 H. C. Wood (1879) 57 Columbin, a bitter neutral principle crystallizing in rhomboid prisms or needles.
1876 J. Harley (ed. 6) 725 Calumbin is the principal constituent.