INVOLUCRATE; INVOLUCRATED
In`vo*lu"crate, In`vo*lu"cra*ted, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having an involucre; involucred.
INVOLUCRE In"vo*lu`cre, n. Etym: [L. involucrum a covering, wrapper, fr. involvere to wrap up, envelop: cf. F. involucre. See Involve.] (Bot.) (a) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. (b) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns. (c) The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also involucrum.
INVOLUCRED
In"vo*lu`cred, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc. Martyn.
INVOLUCRET
In`vo*lu"cret, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An involucel.
INVOLUCRUM
In`vo*lu"crum, n.; pl. L. Involucra, E. Involucrums. Etym: [L. See
Involucre.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: See Involucre.