involucrate

[ in-vuh-loo-krit, -kreyt ]

adjective

1. having an involucre.

Word History and Origins

Origin of involucrate¹

First recorded in 1820–30; involucre + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Flowers moncious or dicious (involucrate and apparently perfect in Euphorbia).

From Project Gutenberg

Scapes or peduncles terminated by a single head, involucrate by some outer empty bracts.

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Spikelets terete, many-flowered, in a terminal close cluster involucrate by leafy bracts.

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