rare. Bot. [ad. mod.L. corollista (Linnæus), f. corolla: see -IST.] One who classifies plants according to their corollas.
[1750. Linnæus, Philos. Botan. 13. Corollistæ a Corolla Petalosa classes distinguerunt: uti Rivinus, Tournefortius.]
1764. Dict. Arts & Sc., Corollists.
1857. Whewell, Hist. Induct. Sc., III. 253. Linnæus … ended by being a corollist.
