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involucrate
[ in-vuh-loo-krit, -kreyt ]
/ ˌɪn vəˈlu krɪt, -kreɪt /
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adjective
having an involucre.
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Words nearby involucrate
invocate, invocation, invoice, invoke, involucel, involucrate, involucre, involucrum, involuntary, involuntary muscle, involute
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How to use involucrate in a sentence
Flowers moncious or dicious (involucrate and apparently perfect in Euphorbia).
Scapes or peduncles terminated by a single head, involucrate by some outer empty bracts.
Spikelets terete, many-flowered, in a terminal close cluster involucrate by leafy bracts.