INVOLUCRE


Meaning of INVOLUCRE in English

n.1 a covering or envelope.

2 Anat. a membranous envelope.

3 Bot. a whorl of bracts surrounding an inflorescence.

Derivatives:

involucral adj.

Etymology: F involucre or L involucrum (as INVOLVE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.