Meanings
adjective
- alternativeAlternative spelling of crownlike.
The scientists who in 1968 came up with the term coronavirus thought that, under a microscope, the virus they were looking at resembled a solar corona: the bright crown-like ring of gasses surrounding the sun that is visible during a solar eclipse.
2020 March 9, Katy Steinmetz, “Coronavirus: A Glossary of Terms to Help You Understand the Unfolding Crisis”, in time.com
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crown-like. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crown-like
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“crown-like.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crown-like. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crown-like,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crown-like.
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