(n.) The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom.
Example Sentences:
(1) Primin itself was obtained from Primula elatior and from the petals (corollas) of Primula obconica.
(2) This RNA is transcribed from CHI gene A and has a 0.3 kb 5' extension relative to the gene A transcript found in corolla tissue.
(3) A nearly full size cDNA clone, isolated from a corolla-specific expression library, was characterized by sequence analysis.
(4) They had been driving in an ordinary Toyota Corolla on the road between Puero Cabello and Valencia, the third biggest city in Venezuela.
(5) But Toyota suffered another blow tonight as US safety officials said they are investigating about 80 complaints of steering difficulties from drivers of 2009 and 2010 Corollas.
(6) "To that end, we will consider moving additional Corolla production back to North America over time."
(7) The Corolla was occupied by four members of the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin [HIG] terrorist organisation [the al-Qaida-allied militia led by the former mujahideen leader and notorious warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar].
(8) It is considering a recall of the Corolla because of possible power-steering problems.
(9) We conclude that during corolla development transcriptional processes act coordinately on limb-specific genes to regulate their regional expression patterns, but act individually on these genes to define their cell specificities.
(10) Limb-specific mRNAs also accumulate preferentially within the unpigmented corolla limb region of Nicotiana sylvestris, a diploid progenitor of tobacco.
(11) One eyewitness said that a red Toyota Corolla had been seen driving at high speed in an apparent attempt to catch up.
(12) The two electricians, who have not been named, were travelling in a heavily armoured Rhino bus in the southern outskirts of the Afghan capital when the vehicle was rammed by a Toyota Corolla believed to have been carrying 700kg of explosives.
(13) The two electricians, who have not been named, were travelling in a heavily armoured Rhino bus in the western outskirts of the Afghan capital when the vehicle was rammed by a Toyota Corolla believed to have been carrying 700kg of explosives.
(14) The evaporative fuel emissions control units in models produced from 2006 to 2015 including the Prius, Auris compact hatchback and Corolla were prone to cracks, which could lead to fuel leaks over time, it said.
(15) Examples of the application of this program to vegetable drugs (corolla of Lavandula angustifolia Mill flowers) are given.
(16) "A [Toyota] Corolla car was parked in front of the Indian embassy.
(17) The attacker, who used an explosives-rigged Toyota Corolla, was a 22-year-old woman named Fatima, the group said in an email to the Associated Press.
(18) One class is represented equally in the unpigmented tube and pigmented limb regions of the corolla.
(19) In the filiform papillae the loops were generally arranged in a corolla-like pattern with the tertiary loops demonstrating a hair-pin shape.
(20) Because chiA encodes a functional CHI enzyme in flower petals of a popo line, we propose that the Po mutation is a mutation in the regulatory region of chiA abolishing chiA promoter activity in anthers but not in corollas.
Throatwort
Definition:
(n.) A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.