involucel

American  

[in-vol-yuh-sel] / ɪnˈvɒl yəˌsɛl /

noun

Botany.

1. a secondary involucre, as in a compound cluster of flowers.

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involucel British  

/ ɪnˈvɒljʊˌsɛl, ɪnˌvɒljʊˈsɛləm /

noun

1. a ring of bracts at the base of the florets of a compound umbel

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Other Word Forms

• involucelate adjective
• involucelated adjective
• involucellate adjective

Etymology

Origin of involucel

1755–65; < New Latin involūcellum, diminutive of Latin involūcrum involucrum; for formation, see castellum

Example Sentences

Calyx with a 3-leaved involucel at the base, like an outer calyx.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Partial involucre, same as an involucel; partial petiole, a division of a main leaf-stalk or the stalk of a leaflet; partial peduncle, a branch of a peduncle; partial umbel, an umbellet, 76.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Calyx either naked or with a 3-leaved involucel at its base.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. Alopecuros.Bristles of the involucel dilated below and connate at base.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

The spikelets are usually one to two and rarely three in an involucel and each one has four glumes.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.