involucre
(noun) a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
involucre (plural involucres)
(botany) Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
• volucrine
Source: Wiktionary
In"vo*lu`cre, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2024
(verb) include or contain; have as a component; “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”
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