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columnar

Pronunciation: /kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/

The English word “columnar” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Having the shape of a column.
  2. Constructed with columns.
  3. Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).

Etymology

From Latin columnāris. By surface analysis, column + -ar.

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