Corolla

Definitions

1. The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
2. A surname.
3. Ellipsis of Toyota Corolla.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“Our wet⟳ fingers touched and we formed a circle like⟳ the corolla of a flower, floating into the silence of the desert dawn with the ancient sun on our bodies.”

“Corolla asked Miller if the two were friends following filming.”

“Over the decades – the Corolla model⟳ has been in production since 1966 – there have⟳ been some fun, high-performance versions of the compact car, though.”

“So vehicles, like⟳ some Toyota Corollas, have⟳ a 160-mph speedometer despite coming nowhere close⟳ to reaching such speeds.”

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