Definitions
(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth
Word origin
From Latin corōlla (“small garland, chaplet or wreath”), diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“Corolla asked Miller if the two were friends following filming.”
“Over the decades – the Corolla model has been in production since 1966 – there have been some fun, high-performance versions of the compact car, though.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Petal whorl”7 letters
02“Flower petals”7 letters
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