ˈseed-crown
† 1. nonce-use. (See quot.)
| 1607 Chapman Bussy d'Ambois i. i. 122 What will he send? Some crowns? It is to sow them Upon my spirit, and make them spring a crown Worth millions of the seed-crowns he will send. |
2. Bot. = corona 7 a.
| 1807 J. E. Smith Phys. Bot. 457 In every case the partial calyx is distinguished from the chaffy seed-crown observable in several genera of the other Orders,..either by being inferior, or by the presence of a seed-crown, or feathery down, besides. |