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columnea
[ kuh-luhm-nee-uh ]
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.
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Königsberg,' 1860, i, 59, Columnea.
From Project Gutenberg
Near the bed of this river, which is called the Deo Panee, I found a curious Menispermous genus, Columnea, Clypeæ perianthia uncialata, ore integeriuscula, a Myrtacea, Uncaria, Abroma augusta, etc.
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