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Involucre

//ˈɪnvəˌluːkə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
  2. 2
    a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French involucre, from Latin involūcrum (“wrapper”). Doublet of involucrum.

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