involucre /inˈvə-loo-kər or -lū-/

1. An envelope (anatomy)
2. A ring or crowd of bracts around a capitulum, umbel, etc (botany)

involucel /in-volˈū-sel/ noun

The group of bracts below a partial umbel

involūcellˈate adjective

Having an involucel

involuˈcral adjective

Of the nature of, or relating to, an involucre

involuˈcrate adjective

Having an involucre

involūˈcrum noun

1. An involucre
2. A growth of new bone enclosing a mass of infected or dead bone in osteomyelitis (medicine)

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