There are…a lot of definitions for crown, so I am picking the ones that are most\u00a0common or especially relevant.<\/p>\n
AS NOUN<\/strong><\/p>\n I.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0An ornament for the head, and immediately derived senses. (also: Christian crown of thorns)<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0A wreath or circular ornament for the head symbolizing victory.<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The sovereignty, authority, or dominion of which a royal crown is the symbol; the rule, position, or empire of a monarch.<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 fig.<\/em>\u00a0Something which adorns or adds distinction like a crown; a chief or crowning ornament or achievement.<\/p>\n With capital initial:<\/strong><\/p>\n a.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The wearer of a royal crown; the monarch in his or her official character; the supreme governing power of a state under a monarchical constitution.<\/p>\n b.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Law<\/em>\u00a0(chiefly\u00a0Brit.<\/em>). The prosecution, considered as representing a reigning monarch in criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n 7.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The tonsure of a priest or monk (cf.\u00a0corona<\/span>\u00a0n.1<\/span>\u00a05<\/span><\/a>); (in later use also) the fringe or circle of hair surrounding some styles of tonsure. [I find this definition particularly interesting because the adjective tonsured\/untonsured is used a couple times in Ulysses.]<\/em><\/p>\n 8.<\/strong> A flower or cluster of flowers likened to a crown;\u00a0esp.<\/em>\u00a0a verticil or whorl of flowers. In early use also: \u2020the disc (disc<\/span>\u00a0n.<\/span>\u00a07a<\/span><\/a>) of a flower of a plant of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) (obs.<\/em>). [Note that Asteraceae is almost certainly the family of the “yellow flower with flattened petals” Bloom receives in his correspondence from Martha. Also note that there are at least 6 other definitions relating crown to flowers or fruits or plants that didn’t seem as relevant to include. There are also innumerable wildflowers, trees, weeds, fungi, etc that have common names containing the word crown.]<\/em><\/p>\n