corolla — English Dictionary

Noun

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.

   Related words

   corollinecorollatecorollaceouspetalperianthtepalcalyxsepal

   Examples

   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.

Noun

1. (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth

   Broader terms

   coilwhorlrollcurlcurlicueringletgyrescroll

   Examples

   we cultivate the flower for its corolla