This name refers to the characteristic appearance of virions (the infectious form of the virus) under the electron microscope, the latter having a fringe of large, bulbous surface projections which gives an image reminiscent of the solar corona.
Jina linamaanisha sifa ya kuonekana ya chembe cha virusi (umbo ya kuambukiza ya virusi) na darubini ya elektroni, ambavyo vina taswira ya maeneo kubwa, ya mviringo inayounda picha ya ukumbusho wa taji au korona ya jua.