involucre
Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
a covering, especially a membranous one.
Origin of involucre
1Other words from involucre
- in·vo·lu·cral, adjective
Words Nearby involucre
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How to use involucre in a sentence
Its flower-heads are surrounded by a spreading foliaceous woolly involucre, and its foliage is also of the same woolly character.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousThe margin is continuously recurved to form a rather broad involucre, and the very edge is somewhat thinner and whiter.
Beautiful Ferns | Daniel Cady EatonThe upper part of the veinlets is covered with sporangia, which as they ripen push out from beneath the involucre.
Beautiful Ferns | Daniel Cady EatonAround and beneath each yellow cluster are two rows of thin, green, smooth scales (involucre).
Seed Dispersal | William J. BealThis beetle ordinarily lays its eggs in the involucre of the butternut.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers Association
British Dictionary definitions for involucre
involucrum (ˌɪnvəˈluːkrəm)
/ (ˈɪnvəˌluːkə) /
a ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence in such plants as the composites
Origin of involucre
1Derived forms of involucre
- involucral, adjective
- involucrate, adjective
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Scientific definitions for involucre
[ ĭn′-və-lōō′kər ]
A series of bracts beneath or around a flower or flower cluster. The cupule, the cuplike structure holding an oak acorn, is a modified, woody involucre.
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