involucrum
[in-vuh-loo-kruh m]
Origin of involucrum
1670–80; < New Latin, Latin involūcrum a wrap, cover, equivalent to involū- (variant stem of involvere to wrap, cover; see involute) + -crum instrumental suffix
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They have also always an involucrum below the298 calyx, but this involucrum differs in the different genera.
Botany for LadiesJane Loudon
In the genus Malva, the involucrum consists of three leaflets, which in the common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) are oblong.
Botany for LadiesJane Loudon
As the seeds ripen, the involucrum falls off, but the large loose-looking calyx remains on.
Botany for LadiesJane Loudon
It belongs to that section of its numerous genus having an involucrum of stalked leaflets.
The leaves are triternate, divisions deeply cut and acute; the leaves of the involucrum are stalked, trifid, and deeply cut.
involucrum
(ĭn′və-lōō′krəm)
- An enveloping sheath or membrane, such as the sheath of new bone that forms around a sequestrum.
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