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Involucrum   Listen
noun
Involucrum  n.  (pl. L. involucra, E. involucrums)  
1.
(Bot.) See Involucre.
2.
(Zool.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.






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"Involucrum" Quotes from Famous Books



... Primula Auricula, but is very unlike that plant as it is figured in its wild state by Prof. Jacquin, in the Fl. Austr. the leaves being much narrower, the flowers larger, and of a different colour; it differs from glutinosa in the shortness of its involucrum, from villosa (already figured) in having leaves much narrower, perfectly smooth in respect to villi, and in the colour of its blossoms, which approach that of the Lilac, but more especially in its ...
— The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 6 - Or, Flower-Garden Displayed • William Curtis



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