coronilla
nounDefinition of coronilla
1a capitalized : a genus of Old World often woody herbs (family Leguminosae) having purple, pink, or yellow flowers in long-stalked axillary heads or umbels — see axseed, scorpion senna
b plural -s : any plant of the genus Coronilla
2 plural -s or less commonly coronillo \-nē(ˌ)(y)ō \ [ American Spanish coronilla, coronillo, from Spanish coronilla crown of the head, diminutive of corona crown, from Latin ] : a valuable timber tree (Gleditsia amorphoides) of Argentina the bark of which yields a saponin
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