Definition of Involucres. Meaning of Involucres. Synonyms of Involucres

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Definition of Involucres

Involucre
Involucre In"vo*lu`cre (?; 277), n. [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.

Meaning of Involucres from wikipedia

- a whorl subtending an inflorescence are collectively called an involucre. An involucre is a common feature beneath the inflorescences of many Apiaceae...
- diameter, surrounded by an involucre (husk) which partly to fully encloses the nut. The shape and structure of the involucre, and also the growth habit...
- phyllaries, which together form the involucre that protects the individual flowers in the head before they open. The involucres of S. ontarionis are campanulate...
- accessory fruit because the outer covering of the fruit is technically an involucre and thus not morphologically part of the carpel; this means it cannot...
- herbaceous annual that has catkin-like inflorescences with cup-shaped involucres surrounding the minute flowers. It is mainly known for its root being...
- involucral bract or tegule, is a single bract of the involucre of a composite flower. The involucre is the grouping of bracts together. Phyllaries are reduced...
- terminal row of involucre bracts has minutely ciliate margins. The sympatric po****tions of Gazania krebsiana tend to have involucres and bracts that...
- and together they form the involucre that protects the individual flowers in the head before they open. The involucres of S. novae-angliae are campanulate...
- surface is hairy or glabrous, rarely scaly. Peduncles are 3–10 cm long; involucres are campanulate to hemispherical, about 1 cm high; chaffy bracts are lanceolate...
- Fruit: Clusters of involucres, hanging from the ends of leafy branches. Each involucre slightly encloses a small oval nut. The involucres are short stalked...