involucres
Meaning of involucres
plural noun
- a membranous envelope.
- a whorl or rosette of bracts surrounding an inflorescence (especially a capitulum) or at the base of an umbel.
late 16th century: from French, or from Latin involucrum, from involvere ‘roll in, envelop’ (see involve).
Information about involucres
- It is a name.
- The singular form of involucres is: involucre.
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CatalanHyphenation of involucres
in-volu-cres
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- involucres is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with involucres
Cres, cres, Acres, acres, conacres, cornacres, fiacres, massacres, nacres, polacres, simulacres, stavesacres, wiseacres, chancres, lucres, sucres
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