Corolla (chaplet)
WordNet
noun
(1) (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth
"We cultivate the flower for its corolla"
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Etymology
From , diminutive of .
Noun
corolla (pl. corollas)
- the outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, when this is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx). This is either a collective term for the petals of a flower or a term to indicate the fused whole of this whorl.
Etymology
From , diminutive of .
Noun
- corolla
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Related terms
- corōna
- corōnāmentum
- corōnārius
- corōnō
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