corolla
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A group of petals inside a flower that forms the inner part and often attracts insects
- noun
- /kəˈrɒlə/
- Specialized
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corola
- The vibrant red corolla of the tulip attracts many bees in the spring.
- corolla lobes
Examples
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Each flower has a unique corolla shape that helps identify the species.
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The gardener admired the corolla, which was composed of delicate, layered petals.
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It's called the sun's corolla.
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Such an apologetic young woman, with her oval face, varnished olive by the mixture of races, in its corolla of springy black hair.
Fiction book (1994)
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word corolla comes from the Latin corolla, which means 'little crown' and is related to corona 'crown'. The petals of a flower form a small crown around the center, so botanists call all the petals the corolla.