involucel

American  

[in-vol-yuh-sel] / ɪnˈvɒl yəˌsɛl /

noun

Botany.

1. a secondary involucre, as in a compound cluster of flowers.

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involucel British  

/ ɪnˈvɒljʊˌsɛl, ɪnˌvɒljʊˈsɛləm /

noun

1. a ring of bracts at the base of the florets of a compound umbel

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Other Word Forms

• involucelate adjective
• involucelated adjective
• involucellate adjective

Etymology

Origin of involucel

1755–65; < New Latin involūcellum, diminutive of Latin involūcrum involucrum; for formation, see castellum

Example Sentences

The inner pedicelled spikelets are similar to the pedicelled spikelets of the involucel.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Calyx.—Five-cleft, with an involucel below, like a second calyx.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

M. Álcea, L., with the stem-leaves only once 5-parted or cleft, the lobes incised, large flowers like the last, but the fruit smooth, and bractlets of the involucel ovate, has escaped from gardens.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Calyx with a 3-leaved involucel at the base, like an outer calyx.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

C. biflorus.Base of involucel turbinate, inner bristles longer, spreading and spinescent, ciliate at base 2.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.