- 1. n. A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. Source: opted
- 2. n. A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns. Source: opted
- 3. n. The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also involucrum. Source: opted
- 4. n. a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence Source: wordnet
- 5. (a) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. (b) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns. (c) The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also involucrum. Source: webster
- 6. n. a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence Source: ecdict
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