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Any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long-spiked axillary heads or umbels
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coronilla
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long-spiked axillary heads or umbels
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The genus Coronilla contains about 20 species of flowering plants native to Europe and North Africa. Coronilla species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the case-bearers Coleophora coronillae (which feeds exclusively ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus (taxlink Coronilla (Fabaceae) genus noshow=1 Coronilla) of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coronilla \Cor`o*nil"la\ (k?r`?-n?l"l?), n. [NL., fr. L. corona crown: cf. F. coronille.] (Bot.) A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
Usage examples of coronilla.
Oxalis, 447 Colutea arborea, nocturnal movement of leaflets, 355 Coniferae, circumnutation of, 211 Coronilla rosea, leaflets asleep, 355 Corylus avellana, circumnutation of young shoot, emitted from the epicotyl, 55, 56 --, arched epicotyl, 77 Cotyledon umbilicus, circumnutation of stolons, 219, 220 Cotyledons, rudimentary, 9498.