COROLLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corolla mean? 

• COROLLA (noun)
  The noun COROLLA has 1 sense:

1. (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth

  Familiarity information: COROLLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COROLLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Context example:

we cultivate the flower for its corolla

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)

 Context examples 

The petals collectively are called the corolla.

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