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

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

Example Sentences

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involucrum involucra

When fool's parsley is in bloom, it is readily known by the length of the involucrum.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

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

From The Black Tulip by Dumas père, Alexandre

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 Wood, John

Sometimes the new bone—which corresponds to the involucrum of an osteomyelitis—imprisons a sequestrum and prevents its extrusion, in which case one or more sinuses may persist indefinitely.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Where the periosteum has been perforated by pus making its way to the surface, there are defects or holes in the involucrum, called cloacæ.

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

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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)