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Meaning of "involucre" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INVOLUCRE

(Envelope): from New Latin involucrum, from Latin: wrapper, from involvere to wrap.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INVOLUCRE

involucre  [ˈɪnvəˌluːkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INVOLUCRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Involucre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INVOLUCRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of involucre in the English dictionary

The definition of involucre in the dictionary is a ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence in such plants as the composites.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INVOLUCRE


bazooka
bəˈzuːkə
blucher
ˈbluːkə
farruca
fəˈruːkə
involucral
ˈɪnvəˌluːkə
kanuka
ˈkɑːnuːkə
Luca
ˈluːkə
lucre
ˈluːkə
manuka
ˈmɑːnuːkə
melaleuca
ˌmɛləˈluːkə
noctiluca
ˌnɒktɪˈluːkə
nucha
ˈnjuːkə
palooka
pəˈluːkə
pooka
ˈpuːkə
puker
ˈpjuːkə
sambuca
sæmˈbuːkə
snooker
ˈsnuːkə
talooka
tɑːˈluːkə
taluka
tɑːˈluːkə
verruca
vɛˈruːkə
Yokosuka
ˌjəʊkəʊˈsuːkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INVOLUCRE

involucel
involucella
involucellate
involucellated
involucellum
involucra
involucral
involucrate
involucrum
involuntarily
involuntariness
involuntary
involuntary manslaughter
involute
involute gear
involuted
involutedly
involutely
involution
involutional

WORDS THAT END LIKE INVOLUCRE

acre
chancre
conacre
farm the long acre
fiacre
God´s acre
Linacre
massacre
mediocre
nacre
Peterloo Massacre
polacre
Saint Bartholomew´s Day Massacre
September Massacre
simulacre
soft chancre
stavesacre
sucre
wiseacre

Synonyms and antonyms of involucre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «involucre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INVOLUCRE

Find out the translation of involucre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of involucre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «involucre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

总苞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

involucro
570 millions of speakers

English

involucre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आवरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

involucre
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обертки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

invólucro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পত্রাবরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

involucre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keterlaluan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hüllkelch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

総苞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

총포
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Involucre
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tổng bao của hoa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

involucre
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंतर्भूत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

involucre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

involucro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Przykwiatki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обгортки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

involucru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καρπού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

omwindsel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

involucre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

involucre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of involucre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INVOLUCRE»

The term «involucre» is regularly used and occupies the 96.354 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INVOLUCRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «involucre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «involucre» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about involucre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INVOLUCRE»

Discover the use of involucre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to involucre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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North American Botany: Comprising the Native and Common ...
Involucre imbricate: receptacle naked, punctate: egret plumose, sessile, unequal. (Taken from the Leontodón.) (false hawk-weed.) Lapsana. Involucre sub-cylindric , seal; from the few leaves at the base: receptacle naked: the stony fruit oblong, ...
Amos Eaton, John Wright (M. D.), 1840
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Flora Europaea
... or semi-evergreen, seldom very coriaceous 4 Fruits ripening in the second year (situated on leafless part of twig) 5 Involucral scales all closely appressed 6 Leaves 10-15 cm wide, lobed not more than half-way to midrib; involucre 18-25 mm ...
T. G. Tutin, 1993
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Analytical Class-book of Botany: Designed for Academies and ...
Pappus none. 87. Ambrosia. Flowers moncecious. Sterile flowers nodding, in long racemes. Fertile flowers in a closed, 1-flowered Involucre, axillary, near the base of the sterile raceme. 6. Lower leaves at least opposite or verticillate, ...
Frances Harriet Green, 1859
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The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the ...
Female flowers in very short spikes, each bract subtending 2 flowers, involucre with 3 teeth, calyx united to ovary, ovule 1 per cell, style bifid. Fruit a nut enclosed in a tubular involucre. A genus of just 2 species, only one of which is regularly ...
James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey, 2011
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Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: A Systematic Description ...
Involucre globose, first enclosing the capsules, then bursting irregularly and leaving a cup with torn edges • 2. CYATHEA. Jnvolucre 0 . 3. ALSOPHILA. Involucre 2-valved, outer of the concave recurved tip of the frond, the mner concave, placed ...
Joseph Dalton Hooker, 2011
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A Pocket Botanical Dictionary
Order I. -32qt/alis. Flowers of the disk and ray all hermaphrodite. Sonchds. Involucre imbricated, swelling at the base; receptacle naked ; pappus simple, sessile. Lactuca. Involucre imbricated, cylindrical, its scales with a membranous margin; ...
Sir Joseph Paxton, John Lindley, 1838
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Peter Parley's Cyclopedia of Botany: Including Familiar ...
Flowers of the disk and ray all hermaphrodite. Sonchcs. Involucre imbricated, swelling at the base ; receptacle nuked j pappus simple, sessile. Lactcca. Involucre imbricated, cylindrical, its scales with a membranous margin; receptacle naked; ...
Samuel Griswold Goodrich, 1838
8
The European Garden Flora: Dicotyledons (Part I)
Leaf-stalks 1.7-2 cm; involucre divided into linear lobes 4 b. Leaf-stalks 8-11 mm; involucre irregularly divided into lanceolate or ovate lobes 6 4a. Involucre cylindric, constricted sharply above the nut into a short tube, lobes recurved 5.
Stuart Max Walters, 1989
9
The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California
INFL: heads in ± flat-topped cymes, peduncled; involucre 5-7 mm; phyllaries soft- hairy, sticky glandular. RAY FLS 10-14; ligule 6- 10 mm, pale yellow. DISK FLS 28-60, staminate; corollas and anthers yellow. FR 3.5-4 mm, beaked; disk pappus ...
James C. Hickman, 1993
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A Manual of the Flowering Plants of California
Outer bracts of involucre loose and spreading, ovate, bristly-margined and spines - cent at tip; inner bracts erect, linear-lanceolate. Achene somewhat flattened, transversely rugose, ours with a long and slender beak and bearing a pappus of  ...
Willis Linn Jepson, 1975

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INVOLUCRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term involucre is used in the context of the following news items.
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No solo con vías se mejora la movilidad en Bucaramanga
... una solución mágica o fácil, pues se requiere de una estrategia articulada e integral, que involucre no solo al sector público, sino al privado. «Vanguardia Liberal, Jul 15»
2
Niega Obispo ser protector de pederastas
Guerrero Corona defendió que el expediente que posee El Vaticano "no tiene nada" que lo involucre. "Vean la injusticia y vean la maldad ... «Noroeste, Jul 15»
3
Nadal: "Es la Federación la que necesita a los jugadores, no al …
... esta polémica en los medios de comunicación; no ayuda con los patrocinadores ni a que la gente se involucre e interese por este deporte", ... «RTVE, Jun 15»
4
La defensa de Estados Unidos, Ali Krieger, se quita todo
Quiero otro trabajo, uno que me involucre como analista de TV o planificadora de eventos, o cualquier cosa. He sido tan apasionada del fútbol ... «ESPN, Jun 15»
5
Fish & Wildlife Service Issues Technical Corrections Affecting …
19-39) elevated var. robustior to full species status, finding that the taxon was distinctive in morphology (involucre size, shape of phyllaries, ... «Targeted News Service, Jun 15»
6
Visita de socio de Beckham revive rumores sobre estadio de fútbol …
... al margen de cualquier conversación que involucre el área alrededor del Marlins Park, la antigua sede del estadio de football Orange Bowl. «El Nuevo Herald, Jun 15»
7
“El arte digital se pregunta por el alma de la máquina”
Mi reto es generar una especie de movimiento visual, que involucre a más artistas nacionales que hagan lo mismo. Antes hubiera dicho que ... «SIGLO21.com.gt, Jun 15»
8
Dirigir béisbol en Cuba: la pelota pica….
... aunque nunca se ha probado establecer un mentor del equipo nacional que salga de la Serie Nacional, pero luego no se involucre en ella ... «Cuba en Noticias, May 15»
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EEUU-Irán: escenarios de una compleja negociación nuclear
... acuerdo que limite la proliferación de instrumentos nucleares en la región y disminuya las posibilidades de una guerra que involucre a Irán". «InfoBAE.com, May 15»
10
Nosotros matamos más
... medio ambiente, compartir esas ganancias y elaborar un proyecto que involucre a todos, que genere grandes utilidades y mejores colegios, ... «LaRepública.pe, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Involucre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/involucre>. May 2024 ».
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