Meanings
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noun
the petals of a flower considered collectively, usually forming a whorl inside the calyx
The bee pushed deep into the tubular corolla to reach the nectar.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corolla, 'small garland or wreath,' the diminutive of corona, 'crown, garland.' Botanists applied the image of a little crown to the ring of petals surrounding a flower's reproductive parts.