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Definition of Coronilla
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels.
Specialized synonyms: Axseed, Coronilla Varia, Crown Vetch
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Coronilla
1. n. A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coronilla
Literary usage of Coronilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"THE coronilla. Lin. Syst. ... of them produce seeds in England, • lC E'MERUS L.
The Scorpion-Senna coronilla. ... 408. of C-^Jj*-1^ 408 coronilla E'^-ci ..."
2. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"The coronilla emerus, or Scorpion Senna, is a small shrub, with deep yellow
flowers, blooming in June and July. CORYLUS. Hazel Nut. — Of this common shrub, ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"17), Entada, coronilla and the gum-arabic plant (Acacia arabica), the fruit
becomes a schizocarp by the formation of transverse partitions from the folding ..."
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