Noun
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.
A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.
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.
The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.
The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to Columella (De Re Rustica 8.2.7), the ideal flock consists of 200 birds, which can be supervised by one person if someone is watching for stray animals. Source: Internet
According to Columella (De Re Rustica 8.4.1), chickens should be fed on barley groats, small chick-peas, millet and wheat bran, if they are cheap. Source: Internet
Circa 50 AD, Roman agriculturalist Columella described several lettuce varieties – some of which may have been ancestors of today's lettuces. Source: Internet
Hippocrates described periodic fevers, labelling them tertian, quartan, subtertian and quotidian. citation The Roman Columella associated the disease with insects from swamps. Source: Internet
Delos seems to have been a center of chicken breeding (Columella, De Re Rustica 8.3.4). Source: Internet
Mago, quoted by Columella at I,i,18; in Moscati, The World of the Phoenicians (1966; 1973) at 220, 230,n5. Source: Internet