coronilla
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(n)
coronilla
any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels
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Coronilla
(Bot) A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary NL., fr. L. corona, crown: cf. F. coronille,
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
The hillsides are a labyrinth of box and arbutus, with coronilla in golden bloom. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series" by
CORONILLA maritima, glauco folio. "The Botanical Magazine, Vol. I" by
The hillsides are a labyrinth of box and arbutus, with coronilla in golden bloom. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete" by
The hill-sides are a labyrinth of box and arbutus, with coronilla in golden bloom. "New Italian sketches" by