involucrate

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

adjective

Origin of involucrate

First recorded in 1820–30; involucre + -ate¹

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Flowers moncious or dicious (involucrate and apparently perfect in Euphorbia).
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
Asa Gray
Scapes or peduncles terminated by a single head, involucrate by some outer empty bracts.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
Asa Gray