name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
corolla
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /kəˈɹoʊlə/
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General-American: /kəˈɹɑlə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈɹəʊlə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɒlə/
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
Ellipsis of Toyota Corolla.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Meaning 4
(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we cultivate the flower for its corolla
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
History
Etymology
From Latin corōlla (“small garland, chaplet or wreath”), diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تُوَيْج (tuwayj) — whorl of a flower
- Arabic: تاج (tāj) — whorl of a flower
- Assamese: দলমণ্ডল (dolomondol) — whorl of a flower
- Bulgarian: венче (venče) — whorl of a flower
- Catalan: corol·la — whorl of a flower
- Chinese Mandarin: 花冠 (huāguān) — whorl of a flower
- Czech: koruna — whorl of a flower
- Dutch: kroon — whorl of a flower
- Dutch: bloemkroon — whorl of a flower
- Finnish: teriö — whorl of a flower
- French: corolle — whorl of a flower
- German: Blumenkrone — whorl of a flower
- German: Korolla — whorl of a flower
- German: Krone — whorl of a flower
- Greek: στεφάνη (stefáni) — whorl of a flower
- Italian: corolla — whorl of a flower
- Japanese: 花冠 (kakan) — whorl of a flower
- Marathi: दली (dalī) — whorl of a flower
- Polish: korona — whorl of a flower
- Portuguese: corola — whorl of a flower
- Romanian: corolă — whorl of a flower
- Russian: ве́нчик (vénčik) — whorl of a flower
- Spanish: corola — whorl of a flower
- Tagalog: korola — whorl of a flower
- Turkish: tüveyc — whorl of a flower
- Ottoman Turkish: تویج (tüveyc) — whorl of a flower
- Ukrainian: віно́чок (vinóčok) — whorl of a flower
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