Coronilla

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coronilla \Cor`o*nil"la\ (k?r`?-n?l"l?), n. [NL., fr. L. corona
     crown: cf. F. coronille.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers
     arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coronilla
       n : any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple
           or pink or yellow flowers in long-spiked axillary heads
           or umbels