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Etymology

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From Latin coronula, diminutive of corona (crown). Equivalent to corona +‎ -ule.

Noun

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coronule (plural coronules)

  1. (botany) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds[18th century].

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for coronule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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