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coronilla

WordNet
  1. (n) coronilla
    any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Coronilla
    (Bot) A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary NL., fr. L. corona, crown: cf. F. coronille,

Usage in literature

In Coronilla varia, and in several other species of Coronilla, there is no nectar in the staminal tube or in the tube of the corolla. "More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II" by Charles Darwin

The hillsides are a labyrinth of box and arbutus, with coronilla in golden bloom. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series" by John Addington Symonds

CORONILLA maritima, glauco folio. "The Botanical Magazine, Vol. I" by William Curtis

The hillsides are a labyrinth of box and arbutus, with coronilla in golden bloom. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete" by John Symonds

The hill-sides are a labyrinth of box and arbutus, with coronilla in golden bloom. "New Italian sketches" by John Addington Symonds