Corolla
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəˈɹoʊlə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Corolla is a noun meaning (botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
Meaning
(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
Example Sentences
Our wet fingers touched and we formed a circle like the corolla of a flower, floating into the silence of the desert dawn with the ancient sun on our bodies.
Word Forms
- corollas
- corollae
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gamopetalous, polypetalous, sympetalous, flower, monopetalous, bilabiate.
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