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Webster 1913 Edition
Corolla
Co-rol′la
(k?-r?l′l?)
, Noun.
(Bot.)
The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under
Blossom
. Webster 1828 Edition
Corolla
COROL
, COROLLA,Noun.
Definition 2024
corolla
corolla
See also: corol·la
English
Noun
corolla (plural corollas or corollae or corollæ)
- (botany) An 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.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 125:
- 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.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 125:
Related terms
Translations
whorl of a flower
See also
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corōlla (“small garland, chaplet or wreath”), diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).
Noun
corolla f (plural corolle)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈroːl.la/, [kɔˈroːl.la]
Noun
corōlla f (genitive corōllae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | corōlla | corōllae |
| genitive | corōllae | corōllārum |
| dative | corōllae | corōllīs |
| accusative | corōllam | corōllās |
| ablative | corōllā | corōllīs |
| vocative | corōlla | corōllae |
Derived terms
Related terms
- corōna
- corōnāmentum
- corōnārius
- corōnō
Descendants
References
- corolla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- corolla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- COROLLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “corolla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- corolla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- corolla in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin