Definitions for involucre

involucre in·vo·lu·cre

Spelling: [in-vuh-loo-ker]
IPA: /ˈɪn vəˌlu kər/

Involucre is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 432 anagrams from letters in involucre (ceilnoruv).

Definitions for involucre

noun

  1. Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
  2. a covering, especially a membranous one.

Origin of involucre

1570-80; Middle French Latin involūcrum involucrum

Examples for involucre

Spikelets in our species umbelled, and the involucre 2–3-leaved.

The sporangia are comparatively scanty, and are fully covered by the involucre.

The pinkish-purple flowers form a broad head, over an inch across, with an involucre.

The involucre is simple and leafy, and the receptacle is conical.

The shape of the involucre probably suggested the common name Umbrella-wort.

Large umbel of yellow flowers, no involucre and no involucels.

The classical name, probably from , a helmet, from the involucre.

Calyptra membranous, oval, longer or shorter than the involucre.

Here the involucre, in the form of a cup at the base, is called the Cupule.

Plants with heads of florets on a common receptacle, surrounded by an involucre.

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