Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the involucre of the capitulum in the compositæ. Also
periphoranthium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The involucre which surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.
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- noun botany The
involucre that surrounds the commonreceptacle incomposite flowers .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek around + a bed.
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