involucre
(noun) a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
involucra
plural of involucrum
Source: Wiktionary
In`vo*lu"crum, n.; pl. L. Involucra, E. Involucrums. Etym: [L. See Involucre.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: See Involucre.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
