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corolla

A collective name for the petals of a flower. In some plants the petal margins are partially or completely fused to form a corolla tube, for example in morning glories Convolvulus.



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On the other hand, I have found by experiment that the fertility of clover greatly depends on bees visiting and moving parts of the corolla, so as to push the pollen on to the stigmatic surface.
 
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