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in·vo·lu·cre ( n v -l k r). n. A series of bracts beneath or around a flower or flower cluster. [French, from Latin invol crum, wrapper, envelope;
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An involucre is a common feature beneath the inflorescences of many Green involucral bracts surrounding the bud of a sunflower (Helianthemum annuum)
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one or more whorls of bracts situated below and close to a flower, flower cluster, or fruit. — in·vo·lu·cral \ˌin-və-ˈlü-krəl\ adjective. — in·vo·lu·crate...
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Beggar-tick (Bidens comosa): narrow involucral bracts surround each inflorescence, each of which also has a single bract below it, then there is a pair of leafy bracts on the main stem and below those a pair of leaves.
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in·vo·lu·cre (in′vō lo̵̅o̅′kər, -və-). noun. Anat. a membranous covering or envelope; Bot. a ring of small leaves, or bracts, at the base of a flower,
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Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like. 2. a covering, esp. a membranous one. Origin:
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A Genetic Study of Number of Involucral Bract Teeth in Cotton1 Texas 207 is a photoperiodic accession of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., that has many toothed involucral bracteoles (bracts) that enclose the flower bud more completely than do the few-toothed bracts of modern cultivars.
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Flowers with Abnormal Numbers of Involucral Bracts in Cotton1 A primitive race stock of cotton (Gossypium hlrsutum L.) Texas 703, had 26 to 59% flowers with more than the usual number of three involucral bracts in four seasons in the field at Phoenix, Ariz. The most common variant was a flower with a fourth,
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Involucel - smaller, minor involucre ; Involucre / Involucral Bracts - whorled bracts may be at the base of a single flower or inflorescence ; Pedicel - stalk of a single flower that is in an inflorescence (group of flowers) ; Peduncle - stalk of an inflorescence or a single flower ; Perianth - calyx and corolla...
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