Corolla refers to the petals of a flower as a group. The word comes from Latin and Greek, meaning "little garland" or "wreath."
Corolla bezeichnet die Blütenblätter einer Blume als Gruppe. Das Wort kommt aus dem Lateinischen und Griechischen und bedeutet "kleiner Kranz" oder "Krone".
| Front | corolla \kuh-ROL-uh\ |
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| Back | noun The petals of a flower as a group. From Latin corolla (little garland), diminutive of corona (wreath, crown, garland), from Greek korone (crown, anything curved). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to turn or bend), which is also the source of other words such as ranch, rank, shrink, circle, crisp, search, ring, curb, ridge, and curve. Earliest documented use: 1671.] "'Some plants shelter their pollen grains through a change in floral orientation or closing their corolla on rainy days,' explains Shuang-Quan Huang." |
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