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col·u·mel·la

C0496000 (kŏl′yə-mĕl′ə, kŏl′ə-)n. pl. col·u·mel·lae (-mĕl′ē) Any small columnlike structure in various plants and animals, often forming the central axis of development for the organism or an anatomical structure.

[Latin, diminutive of columna, column; see column.]

col′u·mel′lar (-mĕl′ər) adj.col′u·mel′late′ (-mĕl′āt′) adj.

columella

(ˌkɒljʊˈmɛlə) n, pl -lae (-liː) 1. (Biology) biology a. the central part of the spore-producing body of some fungi and mossesb. any similar columnar structure2. (Zoology) Also called: columella auris a small rodlike bone in the middle ear of frogs, reptiles, and birds that transmits sound to the inner ear: homologous to the mammalian stapes[C16: from Latin: diminutive of columna column] ˌcoluˈmellar adj

col•u•mel•la

(ˌkɒl yəˈmɛl ə)

n., pl. -mel•lae (-ˈmɛl i) 1. any of various small, columnlike structures of animals or plants; rod or axis. 2. the middle ear bone of amphibians, reptiles, and birds. [1575–85; < Latin, diminutive of columna column; see -elle] col`u•mel′lar, adj. col`u•mel′late (-ɪt, -eɪt) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

columella - a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animalpillar, tower, column - anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

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Columella

(Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella) (kŏl'yəmĕl`ə), fl. 1st cent. A.D., Latin writer on agriculture, b. Gades (now Cádiz), Spain. Of his work there remains the 12-volume De re rustica, treating general husbandry, the care of domestic animals, and farm management. The 10th book, modeled on Vergil, is in hexameters. A short essay on trees also survives. Columella's Latin is facile and elegant, and his information is surprisingly practical and accurate.

columella

[‚käl·yə′mel·ə] (anatomy) stapes (biology) Any part shaped like a column. (botany) A sterile axial body within the capsules of certain mosses, liverworts, and many fungi.

columella

[kol″u-mel´ah] (pl. columel´lae) (L.) a little column.columella na´si the fleshy external termination of the septum of the nose.

col·u·mel·la

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col·u·mel·lae

(kol'ū-mel'ă, -mel'ē), 1. A column, or a small column. Synonym(s): columnella2. In fungi, a sterile invagination of a sporangium, as in Zygomycetes. [L. dim. of columna, column]

columella

(kŏl′yə-mĕl′ə, kŏl′ə-)n. pl. colu·mellae (-mĕl′ē) Any small columnlike structure in various plants and animals, often forming the central axis of development for the organism or an anatomical structure.

col′u·mel′lar (-mĕl′ər) adj.col′u·mel′late′ (-mĕl′āt′) adj.

col·u·mel·la

, pl. columellae (kol'yū-mel'ă, -ē) 1. A small column.
Synonym(s): columnella. 2. In fungi, a sterile invagination of a sporangium, as in Zygomycetes. [L. dim. of columna, column]

columella

The ridge of skin between the nostrils.

Fig. 117 Columella (2). The sporangium of Mucor.

columella

the sterile central column in the sporangia of mosses and liverworts.
the domed structure forming a pillar supporting the sporangium of some fungi, e.g. Mucor. See Fig. 117 .
the central area of a root cap which contains STATOLITHS (1).
the central axis of a fruit.

Columella

The strip of skin running from the tip of the nose to the upper lip, which separates the nostrils.Mentioned in: Rhinoplasty

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noun a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal

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