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INVOLUCRE (involucra)
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Irregular inflected form: involucra
Dictionary entry overview: What does involucre mean?
• INVOLUCRE (noun)
The noun INVOLUCRE has 1 sense:
1. a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
Familiarity information: INVOLUCRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("involucre" is a kind of...):
bract (a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence)
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