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INVOLUCRE
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Irregular inflected form: involucra
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("involucre" is a kind of...):
bract (a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence)
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