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Dictionary: col·u·mel·la   (kŏl'yə-mĕl'ə, kŏl'ə-) pronunciation
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n., pl., -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.]

columellar col'u·mel'lar (-mĕl'ər) adj.
columellate col'u·mel'late' (-mĕl'āt') adj.

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Architecture and Landscaping: columella
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pl. columellae

1. Baluster.

2. Colonnette.

 
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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.
Veterinary Dictionary: columella
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Pl. columellae [L.] a little column.

  • c. auris — a connecting rod between the avian eardrum and the perilymph of the inner ear via the rod's footplate.
 
 
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