Definition of Involucral. Meaning of Involucral. Synonyms of Involucral

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Definition of Involucral

Involucral
Involucral In`vo*lu"cral, a. [Cf. F. involucral.] Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.

Meaning of Involucral from wikipedia

- pinkish cyathophylls. Colourful bracts of Ananas bracteatus. The many green involucral bracts of Erigeron peregrinus are linear, loose, taper to a point, about...
- hundreds of tiny individual florets enclosed by a whorl of protective involucral bracts. The oldest known fossils are pollen grains from the Late Cretaceous...
- inflorescence, extending strictly from the base of the plant to the lowest involucral bract (or base of the inflorescence). cultigen A plant whose origin or...
- 59–0.98 in) in diameter with three to four whorls of broadly egg-shaped involucral bracts at the base. The flowers are red or pink and hairy, the hairs pressed...
- ascospores. Herbs of genus Coreopsis (tickseed) have showy flower heads with involucral bracts in two distinct series of eight each. In human adult dentition...
- at the apex. T. ampliplacenta differs from T. integrifolia by having involucral bracts which are roughly decussate and having the two inner bracts ovate...
- florets sometimes tinged red/brown). They are surrounded by three rows of involucral bracts: an inner ring which is narrow and blunt-tipped with a spiny awn...
- portions of the buds consist primarily of the fleshy lower portions of the involucral bracts and the base, known as the heart; the m**** of immature florets...
- bracteatum and Syngonanthus elegans being examples. The hygroscopic bending of involucral bracts surrounding a capitulum contributes to flower protection and pollination...
- usually with rays 2–3 cm (3⁄4–1+1⁄8 in) in length. Plant after flowering Involucral bracts of capitulum L. vulgare was first formally described in 1778 by...