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involucel

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in⋅vol⋅u⋅cel

  [in-vol-yuh-sel]
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–noun Botany.
a secondary involucre, as in a compound cluster of flowers.

Origin:
1755–65; < NL involūcellum, dim. of L involūcrum involucrum; for formation, see castellum

Related forms:
in⋅vol⋅u⋅cel⋅ate  [in-vol-yuh-sel-it] , in⋅vol⋅u⋅cel⋅at⋅ed  [in-vol-yuh-sel-ey-tid] , adjective
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in·vol·u·cel   (ĭn-vŏl'yə-sěl')   
n.  A secondary involucre, as at the base of an umbel within a compound umbel.

[New Latin involūcellum, diminutive of involūcrum, involucre; see involucrum.]
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