corolla

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kəˈɹəʊlə/|/kəˈɹɒlə/    美 /kəˈɹoʊlə/|/kəˈɹɑlə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — 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.

词形变化

corollas plural corollae plural corollæ plural

词源

From Latin corōlla (“small garland, chaplet or wreath”), diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).
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