columnea
[ kuh-luhm-nee-uh ]
/ kəˈlʌm ni ə /
noun
any of various vines or shrubs of the genus Columnea, native to tropical America, that have tubular, showy, two-lipped flowers and are often cultivated as houseplants.
Origin of columnea
< New Latin (Linnaeus), equivalent to
column(a), Latinized form of Fabio
Colonna (1567–ca. 1640), Italian writer on plants +
-ea
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Words nearby columnea
columnar,
columnar cell,
columnar epithelium,
columnar jointing,
columnarized,
columnea,
columniation,
columnist,
colure,
colwyn bay,
coly
Example sentences from the Web for columnea
Trevirana or Achimenes, and Columnea, are removed to Gesneriace.
Botany for Ladies |Jane Loudon