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involucel

American  
[in-vol-yuh-sel] / ɪnˈvɒl jəˌsɛl /

noun

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


involucel British  
/ ɪnˈvɒljʊˌsɛl /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of involucel

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


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

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

Each cluster consists of an involucel of 4 pedicelled spikelets forming a true whorl around 2 pedicelled and 1 sessile spikelets or 3 pedicelled and 2 sessile spikelets.

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

Calyx with an involucel of 2 or 3 bractlets, or none.

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 Asa Gray

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 Asa Gray

M. Álcea, L., with the stem-leaves only once 5-parted or cleft, the lobes incised, large flowers like the last, but the fruit smooth, and bractlets of the involucel ovate, has escaped from gardens.

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 Asa Gray

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