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What does corolla mean?

Updated: 10/24/2022
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Meaning:

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

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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)

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