columnea

columnea
/keuh lum"nee euh/, n.
any of various vines or shrubs of the genus Columnea, native to tropical America, that have tubular, showy, two-lipped flowers and are often cultivated as houseplants.
[ < NL (Linnaeus), equiv. to column(a), Latinized form of Fabio Colonna (1567-ca. 1640), Italian writer on plants + -ea -EA]

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