Any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long-spiked axillary heads or umbels

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

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.

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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.

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 ...