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COROLLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth
Example:
we cultivate the flower for its corolla
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("corolla" is a kind of...):
coil; curl; curlicue; gyre; ringlet; roll; scroll; whorl (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))
Meronyms (parts of "corolla"):
flower petal; petal (part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored)
corona ((botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Holonyms ("corolla" is a part of...):
chlamys; floral envelope; perianth; perigone; perigonium (collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils)
