corolla

English

Etymology

From Latin corōlla (“small garland, chaplet or wreath”), diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).

Noun

corolla (plural corollas or corollæ)

1. (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.

Related terms

• corolline

Translations

whorl of a flower

Bulgarian: венче (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 花冠 (cmn) (huāguān) Czech: koruna (cs) f. Dutch: kroon m., bloemkroon m.

Finnish: teriö (fi) French: corolle (fr) f. Italian: corolla (it) f. Marathi: दली (mr)

See also

• petal
• perianth
• tepal
• calyx
• sepal

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin corōlla (“small garland, chaplet or wreath”), diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).

Noun

corolla f. (plural corolle)

1. (botany) corolla

Anagrams

• colarlo
• corallo

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).

Noun

corōlla (genitive corōllae); f, first declension

1. A small garland, chaplet or wreath.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	corōlla	corōllae
genitive	corōllae	corōllārum
dative	corōllae	corōllīs
accusative	corōllam	corōllās
ablative	corōllā	corōllīs
vocative	corōlla	corōllae

Derived terms

• corōllāria
• corōllārium

Related terms

• corōna
• corōnāmentum
• corōnārius
• corōnō

Descendants

English: corolla French: corolle Galician: corola

Italian: corolla Portuguese corola Spanish: corola, corolla