coronilla

noun

cor·​o·​nilla

in sense 1 ˌkȯrəˈnilə,

in sense 2 -nē(y)ə

1

a

capitalized : a genus of Old World often woody herbs (family Leguminosae) having purple, pink, or yellow flowers in long-stalked axillary heads or umbels see axseed, scorpion senna

b

plural -s : any plant of the genus Coronilla

2

or less commonly coronillo

-nē(ˌ)(y)ō

plural -s [American Spanish coronilla, coronillo, from Spanish coronilla crown of the head, diminutive of corona crown, from Latin] : a valuable timber tree (Gleditsia amorphoides) of Argentina the bark of which yields a saponin

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Latin corona crown; from the flower clusters

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