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involucrate

[ in-vuh-loo-krit, -kreyt ]

adjective

  1. having an involucre.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of involucrate1

First recorded in 1820–30; involucre + -ate 1
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She was shocked when she came across some davidia involucrate plants, which grow into what is commonly known as the handkerchief tree because of its attractive white flowers.

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Spikelets ovate, not involucrate nor the pedicels bristly.

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The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.

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A beautiful Rose occurs on the banks of nullahs, and at Camein, on the Mogaung river: it has large white flowers, involucrate; smell sweet like that of a Jonquil.

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Spikelets solitary or clustered, or in a compound umbel, the stem often leafy at base and inflorescence involucrate.

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