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involucral

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in⋅vo⋅lu⋅cre

  [in-vuh-loo-ker]
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–noun
1. Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
2. a covering, esp. a membranous one.
Origin:
1570–80; < MF < L involūcrum involucrum

Related forms:
in⋅vo⋅lu⋅cral, adjective
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in·vo·lu·cre   (ĭn'və-lōō'kər)   
n.  A series of bracts beneath or around a flower or flower cluster.

[French, from Latin involūcrum, wrapper, envelope; see involucrum.]
in'vo·lu'cral (-krəl), in'vo·lu'crate (-krĭt, -krāt') adj.
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