COLUMELLA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: columellae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("columella" is a kind of...):

column; pillar; tower (anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower)

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