columella (redirected from columellar)

col·u·mel·la  (kly-ml, kl-)

n. pl. col·u·mel·lae (-ml)

Any small columnlike structure in various plants and animals, often forming the central axis of development for the organism or an anatomical structure.

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

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colu·mellar (-mlr) adj.

colu·mellate (-mlt) adj.

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columella - a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal pillar, 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"