corolliferous (koro lifer us)

[ roll a. The most specialized, complex, and therefore highest in rank, are complete, corolliferous , irregular flowers, with a definite number of members. A. Gray, Struct. Botany, 330, foot-note. Corollifloræ (kō-rol-i-flō'rē), n. pl . [NL., corolla , q. v., + L. flos ( flor- ), flower.] One of the great subdivisions of exogenous plants in the system of De Candolle, distinguished by the corolla being gamopetalous, inserted below the ovary, and free from the calyx, and by the stamens being inserted on the corolla. The aster, heath, primrose, gentian, verbena, etc., are included in this division. Also known as Gamopetalæ . corolliflorous, corollifloral (kor-o-lif'lō-rus, kō-rol-i-flō'ral), a . [As Corolliflora + -ous , -al.j Including or belonging to the Corolliflora . corolliform (kō-rol'i-form), a. [ corolla , q. v., + L. form a , form.] Having the appearance of a corolla. corolline (kō-rol'in), a. [ Сус. Coromandel wood. See wood. corona (kō-rō'nä), n.; pl. coronas, cor onæ (-näz, -nē). [L. corona, a crown, a garland: see crown.] 1. A crown. Specifically-2. Among the Romans, a crown or garland bestowed as a reward for distinguished military service. The corona were of various kinds, as the corona civic a, of oak-leaves, bestowed on one who had saved the life of a citizen; the corona vallar is or cast rens is, of gold, bestowed on him who first mounted the rampart or entered the camp of the enemy; the corona mural is, given to one who first scaled the walls of a city; the corona naval is, to him who first boarded the ship of an enemy; and the corona obsidional is, given to one who freed an army from a block ade, and made of gra growing on the spot. 3. In arch., a member of a cornice situated between the bed-molding and the cymatium. It consists of a broad vertical face, usually of considerable projection. Its soffit is generally rece ed upward to facilitate the fall of rain from its face, thus sheltering the wall below. Among workmen it is called the drip; the French call it larmier, and this term is often used by English writers. See column. 4. [LL.] Eccles., the horizontal stripe running around a miter at the lower edge, surrounding the head of the wearer. See miter. 5. [NL.] In zoöl. and an at.: (a) The crown of the head. (b) The crown of a tooth; the body of a tooth beyond the cingulum. (c) Some part IMG:content-1334.png:[blocks in formation] (e) In ornith., the top of the head; the cap or pileum. Coues. (f) The trochal disk of a rotifer. (g) In sponges, specifically, an irregular spicule, in the form of a ring, bearing rays or spines.-6. [NL.] In bot.: (a) A crown-like appendage on the inner side of a corolla, as in plants of the genus Silene, and in the pa ionflower, comfrey, and daffodil. (b) 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; coronary - Corona radiata, in an at., the radiating ma of white fiber pa ing upward from the internal capsule to the cerebral cortex. Also called fibrous cone. Corona veneris, a scar or mark sometimes left on the forehead after syphilitic necrosis of the bone. coronach, coranach (kor'ō-, kor'a-nak), n. [Also written corrinach, coranich; He [Pennant] tells us in the same Place "that the Cora nich , or singing at Funerals, is still in Use in some Places. The Songs are generally in Praise of the Deceased; or a Recital of the valiant Deeds of him or Ancestors." Bourne's Pop . Antiq . (1777), p. 27, note. The village maids and matrons round The dismal coronach resound. Scott, L. of the L., iii. 15. specifically, in astron., a halo or luminous circle around one of the heavenly bodies; especially, the portion of the aureola observed during cor onæ, п. Plural of corona. total eclipses of the sun which lies outside the coronal (kor'ō-nal), a. and n. [I. a. = F. coro chromosphere, or region of colored prom i 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 brightne , "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 surrounded by a "glory," or fringe of radiant light, which is called the corona. Huxley, Physiography, p. 367. The corona as yet has received no explanation which commands universal a ent. It is certainly truly solar to some extent, and very po ibly may be also to some extent meteoric. C. A. Young, The Sun, p. 19. = nal = Sp. Pg. coronal It. coronale, The Law and his Coronal Oath require his undeniable a ent to what Laws the Par lament agree upon. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, vi. 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 the dipping nee2. In an at. and zoöl., pertaining to a corona, in dle.-9. Same as corona lucis (which see, beany 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. Corona Australis, the Southern Crown, an ancient southern constellation about the knee of Sag it tar i us, repre Gemma or Alfota Constellation of Corona Australis. Constellation of Corona Borealis. (From Ptolemy's description.) (From Ptolemy's description.) sented by a garland. - Corona Borealis, an ancient north sented by a garland with two streamers. - Corona ciliern constellation between Hercules and Boötes, rep rear is, the ciliary ligament. See ciliary. - Corona cleri cal is, the clerical crown: same as tonsure. Corona gland is the raised rim of the glans penis. - Corona (literally, a crown of light), a chandelier or luster having the lights arranged in a circle, or in several circles whose centers come upon the same vertical axis, suspended from the roof or vaulting of a church and lighted on ceremonial occasions. In the larger and richer examples, however, the general disposition only is circular, this form being broken by lobes, cusps, and the like, along which the lights are arranged. The bounding line is usually marked by a broad band of metal, Corona Lucis. ornamented with repou é work, enamel, etc., and having sacred texts inscribed upon it; to this band the separate candlesticks are attached. Also called corona. - Corona nuptial ist, 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 be traced only in the wreath worn by churches, both bride and groom wear crowns of metal, and among the Armenians each wears a wreath of flowers. the bride; but in the Greek, Coptic, and other Oriental sense of the word; coronary. Specifically Pertaining to the corona or the as, the coronal suture (that is, the frontoparietal suture); coronal feathers of a bird. ( b ) Corresponding to the coronal suture (that is, transverse and longitudinal) in direction: said of any plane or section of the body extending from one side to the other through or parallel with the long axis: distinguished from sagittal : as, a coronal section of the foot. 3. Of or pertaining to a corona, or halo around one of the heavenly bodies; specifically, pertaining to the corona of the sun. Looking through the sun's coronal atmosphere in an eclipse, we pierce seven or eight hundred you sand miles of hydrogen gas. J. N. Lockyer , Spect. Anal., p. 139. Coronal suture. See coronary suture , under coronary. II. n. 1. A crown, wreath, or garland. In that Contree, Wommen that ben unmaryed, the i han Tokenes on hire Hedes, lyche Corona les , to ben knowen for unmaryed. Mandeville , Travels, p. 209. Now no more shall these smooth brows be begirt With youthful coronals , and lead the dance. Fletcher, Faithful Shepherde , i. 1. And let the north-wind strong, And golden leaves of autumn, be Thy coronal of Victory And thy triumphal song. Whittier, To Pennsylvania. 2. (a) The head of a tilting-lance of iron, furnished with two, three, or four blunt points, which give a good hold on shield or helmet when striking, but do not penetrate. (b) The tilting lance itself. [In these uses also formerly coro nel.]-3. In an at., the coronal or frontoparietal 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 coronals were present in some specimens, making with the azygos five cells, and in others five and six coro nals were observed. A. Hyatt , Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XXIII. 72. coronally (kor'ō-nal-i), adv . In the shape or outline of a crown; circularly. [Rare.] As the oil was poured coronally or circularly upon the head of kings, so the high-priest was anointed decu atively, or in the form of a х. Sir T. Browne , Garden of Cyrus, i. corona men (kor-ō-nā'men), n. [NL., nare , crown: see crown , v .] In zool ., the superior margin of a hoof, called in veterinary surgery the coronet.