columellia

columellia
\\ˌkäl(y)əˈmelēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Lucius J.M. Columella 1st century A.D. Roman agricultural writer + New Latin -ia
: a small genus (coextensive with a family Columelliaceae of the order Polemoniales) of bitter evergreen shrubs of the northern Andes that have yellow cymose flowers with two stamens and capsular fruit enclosed by the calyx

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