Meanings
nouninvolucre (plural involucres)
plural involucres
- biologyConspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
Origin
- Latininvolūcrum“wrapper”
- Frenchinvolucre
- Englishinvolucre
Borrowed from French involucre, from Latin involūcrum (“wrapper”). Doublet of involucrum.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan involucre
- involucreconspicuous bract
Dutch involucrum
- involucrumconspicuous bract
French involucre
- involucreconspicuous bract
German Hüllblatt
- Hüllblattconspicuous bract
Italian involucro
- involucroconspicuous bract
Japanese 総苞
- 総苞 (sōhō)conspicuous bract
Polish okrywa
- okrywaconspicuous bract
Romanian involucru
- involucruconspicuous bract
Russian обёртка
- обёртка (objórtka)conspicuous bract
Spanish involucro
- involucroconspicuous bract
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APA
involucre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/involucre
MLA
“involucre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/involucre. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “involucre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/involucre.
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