corona
noun
[ kəˈrəʊnə ]
• a part of the body resembling or likened to a crown.
• the rarefied gaseous envelope of the sun and other stars. The sun's corona is normally visible only during a total solar eclipse, when it is seen as an irregularly shaped pearly glow surrounding the darkened disc of the moon.
• the cup-shaped or trumpet-shaped outgrowth at the centre of a daffodil or narcissus flower.
• a circular chandelier in a church.
• a part of a cornice having a broad vertical face.
Origin:
mid 16th century (in corona1 (sense 5)): from Latin, ‘wreath, crown’.
corona
noun
• a long, straight-sided cigar.
Origin:
late 19th century: from Spanish La Corona, literally ‘the crown’, originally a proprietary name.
