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columnar

[kuh-luhm-ner] / kəˈlʌm nər /
ADJECTIVE
cylindrical
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The trees, identified by the city as Columnar Sargent cherries, are reaching the end of their life, according to the city’s Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2023

Columnar epithelial cells lining the respiratory tract appear to be stratified.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Columnar epithelial cells absorb material from the lumen of the digestive tract to prepare the material for entry into the body.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Figure 22.5 Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium Respiratory epithelium is pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Columnar Trees are pyramids on a smaller scale, kept well in check by lifting or root-pruning, more like a column than a pyramid.

From The Book of Pears and Plums by Bartrum, Edward




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