corona1
/
kəˈrəʊnə/
n.
(pl. coronae
/-niː/
)
- Astronomy the rarefied gaseous envelope of the sun or a star.
▸
(also corona discharge)
Physics the glow around a conductor at high potential.
▸a small circle of light seen round the sun or moon.
- Anatomy a crown or crown-like structure.
- Botany the trumpet-shaped central part of a daffodil or narcissus flower.
- a circular chandelier in a church.
- Architecture a part of a cornice having a broad vertical face.
Etymology
C16: from L., ‘wreath, crown’.
corona2
/
kəˈrəʊnə/
n.
a long, straight-sided cigar.
Etymology
C19: from Sp. La Corona, lit. ‘the crown’, orig. a proprietary name.