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Corolla : (noun)
1: (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively
form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth;
"we cultivate the flower for its corolla"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius.
Cf. Appropriate.]
1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. ``His proper
good'' [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. ``My
proper son.'' --Shak.
Now learn the difference, at your proper cost,
Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden.
2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution;
peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his
proper instincts and appetites.
Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which
constitute our proper humanity. --Coleridge.
3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all
respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the
proper element for fish; a proper dress.
The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope.
In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All
proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden.
4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic]
``Thou art a proper man.'' --Chaucer.
Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents,
because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi.
23.
5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the
whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a
proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper;
the garden proper.
7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any
object used as a charge.
In proper, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Proper flower or corolla (Bot.), one of the single
florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower.
Proper fraction (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator
is less than the denominator.
Proper nectary (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals
and other parts of the flower. -- Proper noun (Gram.), a
name belonging to an individual, by which it is
distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to
common noun; as, John, Boston, America.
Proper perianth or involucre (Bot.), that which incloses
only a single flower.
Proper receptacle (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only
a single flower or fructification.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Corolla : \Co*rol"la\ (k?-r?l"l?), n. [L. corolla a little crown
or garland, dim. of corona. See Crown.] (Bot.)
The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the
organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves,
called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by
the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors.
See the Note under Blossom.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Corolla, NC
Zip code(s): 27927
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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