HyperDic: involucre

English > 1 sense of the word involucre:
NOUNplantinvolucrea highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
English > involucre: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
BroaderbractA modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
Spanishinvolucro
Catalaninvolucre
Adjectivesinvolucratehaving an involucre

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