corolla
See also: corol·la
English
Etymology
From Latin corōlla (“small garland, chaplet or wreath”), diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈɹoʊlə/, /kəˈɹɑlə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈɹəʊlə/, /kəˈɹɒlə/
- Hyphenation: co‧rol‧la
Noun
corolla (plural corollas or corollae or corollæ)
- (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.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 125:
Related terms
- corolline
- corollate
- corollaceous
Translations
whorl of a flower
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See also
- petal
- perianth
- tepal
- calyx
- sepal
Anagrams
- Carollo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corōlla (“small garland, chaplet or wreath”), diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈrol.la/
- Rhymes: -olla
- Hyphenation: co‧ról‧la
Noun
corolla f (plural corolle)
- (botany) corolla
Anagrams
- Carollo, colarlo, corallo
Latin
Etymology
From corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”) + -la (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈroːl.la/, [kɔˈroːlːʲä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈrol.la/, [koˈrɔlːä]
Noun
corōlla f (genitive corōllae); first declension
- Diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | 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
- Catalan: curull, → corol·la
- → English: corolla
- → French: corolle
- → Galician: corola
- → Italian: corolla
- → Portuguese: corola, carola
- → Spanish: corola, corolla
References
- “corolla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “corolla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- corolla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- corolla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “corolla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “corolla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin