Cŏch'le-an, a.
a. (Bot.) Spoon-shaped;—said of a part of the corolla of a flower, hollowed like a spoon, and larger than the other parts, which it covers in estivation.
a. (Bot.) Spoon-shaped;—said of a part of the corolla of a flower, hollowed like a spoon, and larger than the other parts, which it covers in estivation.