involucrumn.
/ɪnvəʊˈl(j)uːkrəm/ 1. Outer covering, envelope; covering membrane; = involucre n. 1.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > membrane > [noun]
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > enfolding or enveloping > that which or one who
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a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. ii. 299 By this means the Earth was not at all conspicuous, but involved in an involucrum of Water.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 260 Fragments of a fetus, which..have sometimes been surrounded by an adscititious involucrum.
1843 J. J. G. Wilkinson tr. E. Swedenborg Animal Kingdom I. i. 18 The tongue is principally composed of small muscles, of nervous involucra or membranes, and of fat.
2. Botany. = involucre n. 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > involucre
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The Involucrum consists of a multitude of little leaves disposed in a radiated manner.
1776–96 W. Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 11 When it surrounds the base of the Umbel, it is called the general Involucrum; but, when it surrounds the base of an Umbellule, or little Umbel, it is called the partial Involucrum, or Involucellum.
1869 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 5) v. 180 These differences have sometimes been attributed to the pressure of the involucra on the florets.
3. Zoology. A kind of sheath about the base of the thread-cells of acalephs.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > member of > parts of > sheath around base
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1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 141 In this state it is invested by an involucrum, which surrounds its base.
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