involucrum

American  

[in-vuh-loo-kruhm] / ˌɪn vəˈlu krəm /

noun

• involucra
  plural

1. involucre.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• involucra
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of involucrum

1670–80; < New Latin, Latin involūcrum a wrap, cover, equivalent to involū- (variant stem of involvere to wrap, cover; see involute) + -crum instrumental suffix

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Example Sentences

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involucrum involucra

The shadow of the new case or involucrum with its wavy contour is also in evidence, with its openings or cloacæ, and is mainly responsible for the increase in the diameter of the bone.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

This clinging quality arises from the bracts of the involucrum being long and stiff, and with hooked tips which attach themselves to every passing object.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

The continuance of all living creatures in this transmigratory world lasts as long as their respiratory involucrum; knowledge and action are accounted the life of living creatures.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya

Said involucrum is composed of numerous small leaves, a distinguishing trait from its nearest relative genus Rudbeckia.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood

"Is the involucrum open? but then one may see and already distinguish——" Here the prisoner paused, anxiously taking breath.

From The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas père

Kennedy showed before the Dublin Pathological Society 5 fetuses with the involucra, the product of an abortion at the third month.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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