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Definitions for Columella
[1] any of various small, columnlike structures of animals or plants; rod or axis. Mycology . a small central column of sterile tissue within the sporangium of certain fungi, liverworts, and mosses.
[2] a small bone in the ear of amphibians, reptiles, and birds.
[3] biology the central part of the spore-producing body of some fungi and mosses any similar columnar structure
[4] Also called: columella auris (ˈɔːrɪs ) 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
Words nearby Columella
columbous, columbus, columbus air force base, columbus day, columbus, christopher, columella, columelliform, column, column chromatography, column dress, column inch
Origin of Columella
1575–85; < Latin: small column, equivalent to colum- (variant of column-, stem of columna column) + -ella -elle
Other words from Columella
col·u·mel·lar , adjective
col·u·mel·late [kol-yuh -mel -it, -eyt] /ˌkɒl yəˈmɛl ɪt, -eɪt/ , adjective
post·col·u·mel·lar , adjective
pseu·do·col·u·mel·lar , adjective
col′u•mel′ lar (-mĕl′ ər ) adj.
col′u•mel′ late′ (-mĕl′ āt′ ) adj.
Word origin for Columella
C16: from Latin: diminutive of columna column