a. Bot. [f. mod.L. Corolliflōræ (f. corolla + flōs, flōr- flower) + -AL.] Of or belonging to the Corollifloræ, a sub-class of dicotyledonous plants in De Candolle’s classification having calyx and corolla, the petals being united and the stamens usually attached to the corolla. So Corolliflorous in same sense.
1845. Lindley, Sch. Bot., vi. (1858), 104. The following additional corollifloral orders.
1882. G. Allen, in Nature, 17 Aug., 373. Adoxa moschatellina is another excellent specimen of a green corollifloral blossom.
1880. Gray, Struct. Bot., ix. § 2. 340. Corolliflorous: petals (mostly coalescent) not adnate to calyx, bearing the stamens.
