corolla 
flower. It shows an extreme diversity of forma, which 
are distinguished ;is i illirr ^ l( /,//,,.f ( // l( i/x or .'/'I'/i";"'"'""- 
A iMilypetalous corolla (als. i culled ohoHEptCowVf, <liu(?ri'i 
ut'ntH, or flenthert>f'!</!""<i h:i> its several parts or jK'tals 
distinct. A cjimopctalous (or ini>n'>f"'ta{ii* or *'/'"/"''"- 
IIHI.I) corolla has its parts more or ]<-.- . . ...l. -. mi into a 
cup or tube. The corolla i- often wanting, and when pro 
ent is not rarely inconspicuous. FugaCiOUB Corolla, 
a corollu that la soon shed. Spurred corolla, a corolla 
which has at its base a hollow prolongation like a hum, as 
In tile genus Antii-i'liiiii/iii. 
corollaceous (kor-o-lii'shius), a. [< corolla + 
-iK'i-oun.] Pertaining to or resembling a co- 
rolla; inclosing and protecting like a wreath. 
A corotlaci'oii* covcrini;. Let. 
corollary (kor'o-la-ri), n, ; pi. corollaries (-riz). 
[< ME. corolarie = F. eorollaire = 8p. corolario 
= Pg. It. corollario. < LL. corollariwn, a corol- 
lary, additional inference, L. a gift, gratuity, 
money paid for a garland of flowers, prop. neut. 
of "corollarius, pertaining to a garland, < co- 
rolla : see corolla.] 1. In ma t h., a proposition 
incidentally proved in proving another; an 
immediate or easily drawn consequence ; hence, 
any inference similarly drawn. 
All the corollaries in our editions of Euclid have been 
inserted by editors ; they constitute, in fact, so many new 
propositions differing from the original ones merely in the 
fact that the demonstrations have been omitted. 
llu-i. in Brande and Cox's Diet 
An archangel could infer the entire inorganic universe 
as the simplest of corollaries. O. W. Holmes, Autocrat, iv. 
2f. A surplus ; something in excess. 
Now "in,., my Ariel : bring a corollary 
Uathcr than want a spirit. Shalt., Tempest, iv. 1. 
[As used in this sense, some etymologists derive the word 
immediately from Latin corollarium, a garland of flowers, 
a present, and explain it as meaning something given be- 
yond what is due, and hence something added, or super- 
fluous. ]=8yn. 1. Coiiclwrion, etc. See inference. 
corollate, corollated (kor'o-lat, -la-ted), a. [< 
corolla + -ate 1 (+ -ed 2 ).] In&of., likeacorolla; 
having corollas. 
corollet (kor'o-let), n. [< corolla (> F. corolle) 
+ dim. -ft.] In but., one of the partial flowers 
which make a compound one ; the floret in an 
aggregate flower. 
corolliferous (kor-o-lif'e-rus), a. [< NL. co- 
rolla, q. v., + L. jerre = E. bear 1 .] In bot., 
bearing or producing a corolla ; having a co- 
rolla. 
The most specialized, complex, and therefore highest in 
rank, are complete, cvroUtferoujt, irregular flowers, with a 
definite number of members. 
A. Gray, Struct. Botany, U 330, foot-note. 
Corolliflorae (ko-rol-i-flo're), n. pi. [NL., < 
corolfa, q. v., + L.flos (flor-), flower.] One of 
the great subdivisions of exogenous plants in 
the system of De Caudolle, distinguished by the 
corolla being gamopetalous, inserted below the 
ovary, and free from the calyx, and by the sta- 
mens being inserted on the corolla. The aster, 
heath, primrose, gentian, verbena, etc., are included in 
this division. Also known as Gamopetalce. 
corolliflorous, corollifloral (kor-o-lif 'lo-rus, 
ko-rol-i-flo'ral), a. [As Corolliflorce + -ous, -al.] 
Including or belonging to the Corollifloral. 
corolliform (ko-rol'i-form), a. [< NL. corolla, 
q. v., + L. forma, form.] Having the appear- 
ance of a corolla. 
corolline (ko-rol'in), a. [< corolla + -tne 1 .] 
In hot., of or belonging to a corolla. 
COrollist (ko-rol'ist), n. [< corolla + -ist.] One 
who classifies plants by their corollas. Beefs 
Cyc. 
Coromandel wood. See wood. 
corona (ko-ro'nH,), n. ; pi. coronas, corona; 
(-naz, -ne).' [< L. corona, a crown, a garland: 
see crown.] 1. A crown. Specifically 2. 
Among the Romans, a crown or garland be- 
stowed as a reward for distinguished military 
service. The corona were of various kinds, as the corona 
cimca, of oak-leaves, bestowed on one who had saved the 
life of a citizen ; the corona vallarut or catttrengi*, of gold, 
bestowed on him who tlrst mounted the rampart or entered 
the camp of the enemy ; the corona muralw, given to one 
who tlrst scaled the walls of a city ; the corona naoalit, to 
him who tlrst boarded the ship of an enemy ; and the corimo 
obgidionali*, given to one who freed an army from a block- 
ade, and made of grass growing on the spot. 
3. In arch., a member of a cornice situated be- 
tween the bed-molding and the cymatium. It 
consists of a broad vertical face, usually of considerable 
projection. Its soffit is generally recessed upward to 
facilitate the fall of rain from its face, thus sheltering the 
wall below. Anioni,' workmen it is called the drip; the 
French call it Inrniii-f. and this term is often used by F.HI;- 
lish n ritcrs. Sec ruinmn. 
4. [LL.] Krclcs., the horizontal stripe run- 
ning around a miter at the lower edge, sur- 
rounding the head of the wearer. See miter. 
5. [NL.] In zitiil. ami tintit.: (it) The crown of 
the head, (b) The crown of a tooth; the body 
of a tooth beyond the oingulum. (<) Some part 
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or organ likened to a crown, (d) In echino- 
deniiH, the body-wall of an echinus, exclusive 
of the peristome and of the periprort. 
Tlie rest of the body la supjwirted by a continuous wall, 
m. eh up of ili-iinct mure oriels pentagonal plates, nsu- 
ally firmly united by their edges, which Is called the 
corona. Hasten, Anat. Invert., p. 485. 
(e) In ornith., the top of the head ; the cap or 
pileum. Cones. (/) The trochal disk of a roti- 
fer, (a) In sponges, specifically, an irregular 
spicule, in the form of a ring, bearing rays or 
spines. 6. [NL.] In but. : (a) A crown-like 
appendage on the inner side of a corolla, as in 
plants of the genus Silene, and in the passion- 
flower, comfrey, and daffodil. (6) A crown- 
like appendage at the summit of an organ, as 
the pappus on the seed of a dandelion, (c) 
The ray or circle of ligulate florets surrounding 
the disk in a composite flower. 7. A halo; 
specifically, in astron., a halo or luminous circle 
around one of the heavenly bodies ; especially, 
the portion of the aureola observed during 
total eclipses of the sun which lies outside the 
chromosphere, or region of colored promi- 
nences. 
In every illuminated manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon 
period, each figure of a saint we behold with a circle of 
glory round the head. For such a disk of golden bright- 
ness, "nimbus" is the modern, corona the olden name. 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, III. I. 147, note. 
During a total solar eclipse, when the sun Is obscured 
by the moon's shadow, the dark disc is seen to be sur- 
rounded by a "glory," or fringe of radiant light, which 
is called the corona. Huxley, Physiography, p. 387. 
The corona as yet has received no explanation which 
commands universal assent. It is certainly truly solar to 
some extent, and very possibly may be also to some extent 
meieoi i,-. C. A. I'owuj, The Sun, p. ID. 
8. A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, 
formed by the concentration or convergence of 
luminous beams around the point in the heavens 
indicated by the direction of the dipping nee- 
dle. 9. Same as corona lucis (which see, be- 
low). 
A dazzling ornament of an Anglo-Saxon minster was 
the corona. Often was to be seen suspended, high above 
this ciborium, a wide-spreading crown of light. 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, I. 205. 
10. In music, an old name for fermata Co- 
rona Australia, the Southern Crown, an ancient south- 
ern constellation about the knee of Sagittarius, repre- 
ConstellationofCorona Australia Constellation of Corona Borealis. 
( From Ptolemy's description. } ( ! roiu Ptolemy's description. ) 
sen ted by a garland. Corona Borealis, an ancient north- 
ern constellation between Hercules and Bootes, repre- 
sented by a garland with two streamers. Corona cili- 
aris, the ciliary ligament. See 'ci/wrj/. Corona Cleri- 
calis, the clerical crown : game as tinurure.- Corona 
glandis, the raised rim of the glans penis. Corona 
lucls (literally, a 
crown of light), a 
chandelier or luster 
having the lights ar- 
ranged in a circle, or 
In several circles 
whose centers come 
upon the same verti- 
cal axis, suspended 
from the roof or 
vaulting of a church 
and lighted on cere- 
monial occasions. In 
the larger and richer 
examples, however, 
the general disposi- 
tion only is circular, 
this form being bro- 
ken by lobes, cusps, 
and the like, along 
which the lights 
are arranged. The 
boundinj.' line is usu- 
ally marked by a 
broad band of metal, 
ornamented with repousse 1 work, enamel, etc., and baling 
sacred texts inscribed upon it ; to this band the separate 
candlesticks are attached. Also called corona. Corona. 
nuptialis', a nuptial crown ; a crown placed upon the 
head of a bride or groom at the time of the marriage 
ceremony. In the marriage rite in Western churches 
this usage is to lie traced only in the wreath worn by 
the bride; but in the ('reck, the n.pti, . MI, 1 ot her Oriental 
churches, Iwitli liriilc and yroom \\e:ir crowns of metal, 
and among the Armenians e;i. h u, ,,i s a wreath of flowers. 
Conm* 
coronary 
Corona radlata, in mint., the radialini: nia-M.f white 
til'er P.I--IIU npuard from the internal capsule tn Hi. 
\. \l-t<:iii . Corona vene- 
riS, a scar or marl l.-ft on the (on-head after 
Mphilitic necrosis of the t.ne. 
coronach, coranach (kor'o-, kor'a-nak), n. 
[Also writti ii cnrriiiin-li, coranich; O-luel. coro- 
nach, corranach (= Ir. coranach), a crying, a 
lamentation for the dead, < Gael. Ir. mmh (= 
L. CUM, com-), with, + Gael, ranaich (= Ir. ra- 
narh), a crying, roaring, < ran, roar, cry out, = 
Ir. ran, a roaring.] A dirge; a lamentation 
for the dead. The custom of singing dirges at funerals 
was formerly prevalent in Scotland and Ireland, especially 
in the Highlands of Scotland. 
He [Pennant] tells us in the same Place " that the Cora- 
nt'cA, or singing at Funerals, is still In I'se in some Places. 
The Songs are generally in Praise of the Deceased ; or a 
Recital of the valiant Deeds of him or Ancestors." 
Bourne' t fop. A ntia. (1777), p. 27, note. 
The village maids and matrons round 
The dismal nnmach resound. 
Scott, L. Of the I.., iii. IS. 
coronas, >i. P_lural of corona. 
coronal (kor'o-nal), a. and n. [I. a. = F. coro- 
nal = Sp. Pg. "coronal = It. coronale, < LL. 
eoronalis, pertaining to a crown (NL. and Bom. 
chiefly in mod. technical senses), < L. corona, a 
crown: see corona and croicn. II. n. < ME. cor- 
onal, coronall, corounal, curonall, cornall, later 
coronel, cronel (sometimes also coronet, cronet : 
see coronet, cronet, cornet?), a crown, wreath, 
point of a lance, etc. ; = F. corontil =: Sp. Pg. 
coronal = It. coronale (NL. coronalis, n.), chiefly 
in mod. technical senses ; from the adj. : see 
above.] I. a. 1. Pertaining to a crown ; relat- 
ing to the crown or to coronation. [Bare or ob- 
solete.] 
I lie Law and his Coronal Oath require his undeniable 
assent to what Laws the 1'arlament agree upon. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, vi. 
2. In annt. and zoitl., pertaining to a corona, in 
any sense of the word; coronary, specifically 
(a) Pertaining to the corona or tup of the head : as, the 
coronal suture (that is, the frontoparietal suture) ; coronal 
feathers of a bird, (o) Corresponding to the coronal su- 
ture (that is, transverse and longitudinal) In direction : 
said of any plane or section of the lx>dy extending from one 
side to the other through or parallel with the long axis : 
distinguished from *a;rittal: as, a coronal section of the 
foot. 
3. Of or pertaining to a corona, or halo around 
one of the heavenly bodies; specifically, per- 
taining to the corona of the sun. 
Looking through the sun's coronal atmosphere In an 
eclipse, we pierce seven or eight hundred thousand miles 
of hydrogen gas. J. A'. Loctyer, Spect. A mil., p. 13. 
Coronal suture. See coronary future, under coronary. 
H. . 1. A crown, wreath, or garland. 
In that Contree. Wommeu that ben unmaryed, thel han 
Tokenes on hire Hedes, lyehe Coroiiales, to ben knowen 
for unmaryed. Maudteille, Travels, p. 2u. 
Now no more shall these smooth brows be begirt 
With youthful cormialt, and lead the dance. 
Fletcher, Faithful shepherdess, I. 1. 
And let the north-wind strong, 
And golden leaves of autumn, be 
Thy coronal of Victory 
And thy triumphal song. 
Whittle r. To Pennsylvania. 
2. (a) The head of a tilting-lance of iron, fur- 
nished with two, three, or four blunt points, 
which give a good hold on shield or helmet when 
striking, but do not penetrate. (6) The tilting- 
lance itself. [In these uses also formerly coro- 
nel.] 3. In<inaf.,the coronal or frontoparie- 
tal suture. See cut under skull. 4. In biol., a 
coronal or crowning cell ; one of the ectoblasts 
of a segmented ovum in certain stages of its 
development. 
Four corenoi* were present In some specimens, making 
with the azygos five cells, and in others live and six ruro- 
nalu were observed. 
A. Uyatt, Proc. Host. Soc. Nat Hist., XXIII. 72. 
COronally (kor'o-nal-i), adr. In the shape or 
outline of a crown ; circularly. [Bare.] 
As the oil was poured corunallji or circularly upon the 
head of kings, so the high-priest was anointed decussa- 
tlvely, or in the form of a x . 
Sir T. Browne, Garden of Cyrus, I. 
coronamen (kor-o-na'men), n. [NL., < LL. 
coronamen, a wreathing, crowning, < L. coro- 
nare, crown: see croicn, r.] In zodl., the supe- 
rior margin of a hoof, called in veterinary sur- 
gcry the coronet. 
coronard (kor'o-nard), n. [P., < L. corona, 
crown, -t- F. -urd : see crown and -ar<l.] A name 
given by Cuvier to the great short-winged crest- 
ed eagle or harpy of South America, Thrasyai'tiis 
coronary (kor'6-na-ri), a. and n. [= F. coro- 
naire = Pr. coronari = Sp. Pg. It. corottario, < 
L. cornnnrins, < corona, a crown : see corona, 
