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

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

It belongs to that section of its numerous genus having an involucrum of stalked leaflets.

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

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

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 William Salisbury

A little later the involucrum becomes developed, and is no unimportant feature.

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

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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