Dictionary

corolla en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈɹəʊlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kəˈɹɒlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kəˈɹɑlə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəˈɹoʊlə/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The 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.
   • 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, published 1992, page 125:

Forms

Deriveds

corolliform · corollet · catacorolla · corolliferous · paracorolla

Relateds

corollate · tepal · sepal · corollaceous · perianth · petal · corolline · calyx

Translations (27)

nl bloemkroon (whorl of a flower) · pl korona (whorl of a flower) · fr corolle (whorl of a flower) · cmn 花冠 (whorl of a flower) · ro corolă (whorl of a flower) · de Krone (whorl of a flower) · it corolla (whorl of a flower) · ota تویج (whorl of a flower) · uk віно́чок (whorl of a flower) · ca corol·la (whorl of a flower) · tl korola (whorl of a flower) · fi teriö (whorl of a flower) · ru ве́нчик (whorl of a flower) · de Blumenkrone (whorl of a flower) · cs koruna (whorl of a flower) · nl kroon (whorl of a flower) · es corola (whorl of a flower) · el στεφάνη (whorl of a flower) · de Korolla (whorl of a flower) · ja 花冠 (whorl of a flower) · mr दली (whorl of a flower) · bg венче (whorl of a flower) · as দলমণ্ডল (whorl of a flower) · tr tüveyc (whorl of a flower) · ar تاج (whorl of a flower) · pt corola (whorl of a flower) · ar تُوَيْج (whorl of a flower)