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
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
-nē(ˌ)(y)ō
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“Coronilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coronilla. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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