Involucral

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in·vo·lu·cre (

-l

A series of bracts beneath or around a flower or flower cluster.

[French, from Latin involcrum, wrapper, envelope; see involucrum.]

invo·lucral (-kr

l), invo·lucrate (-kr

t, -kr

) adj.

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Friar's cowl Gold flower involucre			lanceolatus since they had too few ray flowers and the involucral bracts were green dilated apically rather than possessing a slender midrib. The vascular flora and vegetational communities of the wetland ... by Ruch, Donald G.; Torke, Byron G.; Hess, Benjamin R.; Badger, Kemuel S.; Rothrock, Paul E. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science Three different triterpenoid saponins, marked here as 1s, 2s and 3s, from involucral bracts of Cynara cardunculus L. Triterpenoid cynarasaponins from Cynara cardunculus L. reduce ... by Krizkova, L.; Mucaji, P.; Nagy, M.; Krajcovic, J. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology I smile when the scabrosity of the involucral bracts is a defining character, I revel in the twin myxogenic hairs found on the cypselas under high magnification. Classified daisies by Flann, Christina / Traffic (Parkville)			invitatory invite invite in invite out invite round invite up invitee Invitement Inviter Invitiate inviting invitingly Invitrifiable invocate invocation invocatory invoice invoice amount invoice clerk invoicing invoke involucel Involucellate Involucellum involucra Involucral Involucrate involucre Involucred Involucret involucrum involuntarily Involuntariness involuntary involuntary muscle involuntary trust involute involute gear involuted involution involutional depression involve involved Involvedness Involvement Invulgar invulnerability invulnerable Invulnerableness Invulnerate invultuation			Invoicing bureau invoke invoke invoke invoke invoke invoke on Invoke Web Management System invoked invoked invoked invoker invoker invoker invokers invokers invokers invokes invokes invokes invoking invoking invoking involucel Involucellate Involucellum involucra involucra involucra involucra Involucral Involucral bract Involucral bract involucrate involucrate involucre involucre Involucred Involucred involucres involucres Involucret involucrin involucrum involucrum involucrum involucrum involuntarily involuntarily involuntarily involuntarily Involuntarily Celibate involuntariness involuntariness involuntariness involuntariness Involuntarism Involuntarism Involuntarist Involuntarist involuntary

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