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involucre

/ˈɪnvəˌluːkə(ɹ)/

involucre noun: conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.

involucre: conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
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Noun

involucre (plural involucres)

  1. Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.

involucre meaning in Tamil

involucre in Tamil

பாளைச்சுற்று

Forms of involucre

pluralinvolucres

Origin of involucre

Borrowed from French involucre, from Latin involūcrum (“wrapper”). Doublet of involucrum.

Words formed from involucre

Questions about involucre

What does involucre mean?
Involucre means conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
What is involucre in Tamil?
Involucre in Tamil is பாளைச்சுற்று. See Involucre meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is involucre?
Involucre is a noun.
How do you pronounce involucre?
Involucre is pronounced /ˈɪnvəˌluːkə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of involucre?
The plural of involucre is involucres.

Words near involucre in the dictionary

  1. involucels
  2. involucra
  3. involucral
  4. involucrate
  5. involucrated
  6. involucre
  7. involucred
  8. involucrella
  9. involucrellum
  10. involucres
  11. involucret

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Adapted from Wiktionary: involucre (page history and authors); involucre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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