Definitions for involucres

involucres in·vo·lu·cre

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

Involucres is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 867 anagrams from letters in involucres (ceilnorsuv).

Definitions for involucres

noun

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

Origin of involucres

1570-80; Middle French Latin involūcrum involucrum

Examples for involucres

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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