columella

Meaning of columella

noun
  1. Any of various small structures in plants or animals that are columnar in shape.
  2. The skin at the end of the septum which separates the nostrils.
  3. (comparative anatomy) In birds, reptiles, and amphibians, the small bone which carries vibration from the tympanum to the inner ear.
  4. In gastropods, the structure at the center of the whorls of the shell.
  5. The structure at the center of the calyx where the septa join together.
  6. The central sterile portion of the sporangium in various fungi.
  7. A rod-shaped reinforcing element of the sexine layer of a pollen grain.

Information about columella

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of columella is: columellas.
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Hyphenation of columella

col-umella

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • columella is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of columella

molucella

Words that rhyme with columella

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