columnar

adj

1. (not-comparable)Having the shape of a column.
2. (not-comparable)Constructed with columns.
3. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).

   “where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked”