involucre
A circle or collection of bracts surrounding a flower cluster or head, or a single flower.
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Involucre A cluster of modified leaves about a flower cluster.
Japonica/japonicus/japonicus Epithet meaning from Japan; such plants are widely Asian
Jointed Having nodes or points of real or apparent articulation.
o Involucre - cluster or whorl of bracts or leaves directly under a flower or a cluster of flowers which is often conspicuous. They are often found under umbels and heads.
(L. capitulum, small head) an infloresence forming a head of sessile flowers or florets crowned together on a receptacle and usually surrounded by an involucre.capsule search for termcapsule - n.
 See also: Flower, Bract, Plant, Leaf, Stem
  
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