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involucre

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
involucre /ˈɪnvəl(j)uːkə/

▶noun

1 Anatomy a membranous envelope.

2 Botany a whorl of bracts surrounding an inflorescence or at the base of an umbel.

– origin C16: from Fr., or from L. involucrum, from involvere (see involve).

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