involucre
Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
A kind of
- bract
Related words
- involucred
- involucral
- involucrate
Word history
From Latin "involūcrum" (wrapper).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “involucre” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.