Columella vs. Fungi

Columellanoun

(biology) Any of various small structures in plants or animals that are columnar in shape.

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(anatomy) The skin at the end of the septum which separates the nostrils.

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(comparative anatomy) In birds, reptiles, and amphibians, the small bone which carries vibration from the tympanum to the inner ear.

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(malacology) In gastropods, the structure at the center of the whorls of the shell.

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(coral science) The structure at the center of the calyx where the septa join together.

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(mycology) The central sterile portion of the sporangium in various fungi.

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(palynology) A rod-shaped reinforcing element of the sexine layer of a pollen grain.

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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.

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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.

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The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.

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a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal

Columella

Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (; Arabic: Yunius, 4 – c. 70 AD) was a prominent writer on agriculture in the Roman empire.His De re rustica in twelve volumes has been completely preserved and forms an important source on Roman agriculture, together with the works of Cato the Elder and Varro, both of which he occasionally cites.

Funginoun

plural of fungus

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(pathology) Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound

Fungi

A group of thallophytic plant-like organisms of low organization, destitute of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur in certain Phycomycetes, or so-called algal fungi. They include the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. In the two-kingdom classification system they were classed with the plants, but in the modern five-kingdom classification, they are not classed as plants, but are classed in their own separate kingdom fungi, which includes the phyla Zygomycota (including simple fungi such as bread molds), Ascomycota (including the yeasts), Basidiomycota (including the mushrooms, smuts, and rusts), and Deuteromycota (the fungi imperfecti). Some of the forms, such as the yeasts, appear as single-celled microorganisms, but all of the fungi are are eukaryotic, thus distinguishing them from the prokaryotic microorganisms of the kingdon Monera.

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the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants

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(pun) the one who buys the drinks