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Columella   Listen
noun
Columella  n.  
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens.
(b)
A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.
2.
(Anat.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.
(b)
The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.





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... that plants are thus benefited, whether or not well founded, has been firmly maintained from the time of Columella, who wrote shortly after the Christian era, to the present day; and it now prevails in England, France, and Germany.[323] A sagacious observer, Bradley, writing in 1724,[324] says, "When we once become Masters of a good Sort of Seed, we should at least put it into Two or Three ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) • Charles Darwin


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