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columnea

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[kuh-luhm-nee-uh] / kəˈlʌm ni ə /

noun

  1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of columnea

< New Latin (Linnaeus), equivalent to column ( a ), Latinized form of Fabio Colonna (1567–ca. 1640), Italian writer on plants + -ea -ea

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