INVOLUCRE


Meaning of INVOLUCRE in English

— involucral , adj.

/in"veuh looh'keuhr/ , n.

1. Bot. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.

2. a covering, esp. a membranous one.

[ 1570-80; involucrum INVOLUCRUM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .