About The Word Involucre
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Involucre
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What's The Definition Of Involucre?
[n] a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
Synonyms | Synonyms for Involucre: Related Terms | Find terms related to Involucre: See Also | bract Involucre In Webster's Dictionary \In"vo*lu`cre\ (?; 277), n. [L. involucrum a covering,
wrapper, fr. involvere to wrap up, envelop: cf. F. involucre.
See {Involve}.] (Bot.)
(a) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head.
(b) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain
ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped
processes of the filmy ferns.
(c) The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also
{involucrum}.
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