Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having an involucre.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having an involucre; involucred.
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- adjective botany Having an
involucre ;involucred .
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- adjective having an involucre
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Examples
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Peronema, Jack? or at least one of the involucrate Vitices occurred, as well as a large Byttneria? fructibus echinatissimis.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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A beautiful Rose occurs on the banks of nullahs, and at Camein, on the Mogaung river: it has large white flowers, involucrate; smell sweet like that of a Jonquil.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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