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co·lum·ne·a  (k-lmn-)

n.

Any of various bushy or trailing tropical American plants of the genus Columnea, grown indoors for their showy colorful tubular flowers.

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[New Latin Columnea, genus name, after Fabius Columna, Fabio Colonna (1567-1650?), Italian botanist.]

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columnea - tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage genus Columnea - genus of tropical American subshrubs and lianas bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems