Relating to or resembling a corolla, which is the ring of colorful petals around the center of a flower.
From Latin corolla (small crown or garland) + -ine (suffix meaning 'of or relating to'). The Latin corolla itself diminished from corona (crown), reflecting how ancient botanists saw petals as a crown of the flower.
The word 'corolla' means 'little crown' in Latin—isn't it poetic that flowers literally wear crowns? This shows how Roman observers were such keen naturalists that they named flower parts after royal imagery.
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