"involucre" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪnvəˌluːkə(ɹ)/ Forms: involucres [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French involucre, from Latin involūcrum (“wrapper”). Doublet of involucrum. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|involucre}} French involucre, {{der|en|la|involūcrum|t=wrapper}} Latin involūcrum (“wrapper”), {{doublet|en|involucrum}} Doublet of involucrum Head templates: {{en-noun}} involucre (plural involucres)
  1. (botany) Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence. Derived forms: involucral, involucrate, involucred Translations (conspicuous bract): involucre [masculine] (Catalan), involucrum [neuter] (Dutch), involucre [masculine] (French), invólucro (Galician), Hüllblatt [neuter] (German), involucro [masculine] (Italian), 総苞 (sōhō) (alt: そうほう) (Japanese), okrywa [feminine] (Polish), involucru [neuter] (Romanian), обёртка (objórtka) [feminine] (Russian), involucro [masculine] (Spanish)

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