Bearing or producing columns; characterized by the presence of columns or column-like structures.
From Latin columna 'column' + -ferous (meaning 'bearing' or 'producing,' from ferre 'to carry'). This Latin-based adjective combines the column concept with the productive suffix -ferous used in botanical and biological terminology.
This word is rarely used today, but it lives on in scientific names for plants and organisms that have columnar or pillar-like structures—some cacti are columniferous because they grow tall and straight like columns. Scientists love this word because it lets them describe a whole physical feature in one compact term.
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