corona

1 :  the projecting part of a classic cornice

2 a :  a usually colored circle often seen around and close to a luminous body (as the sun or moon) caused by diffraction produced by suspended droplets or occasionally particles of dust b :  the tenuous outermost part of the atmosphere of a star (as the sun) c :  a circle of light made by the apparent convergence of the streamers of the aurora borealis d :  the upper portion of a bodily part (as a tooth or the skull) e :  an appendage or series of united appendages on the inner side of the corolla in some flowers (as the daffodil, jonquil, or milkweed) f :  a faint glow adjacent to the surface of an electrical conductor at high voltage

3 [from La Corona, a trademark] :  a long cigar having the sides straight to the end to be lit and being roundly blunt at the other end

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