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involucrum
‖ involucrum (ɪnvəʊˈl(j)uːkrəm) Pl. -a. [L., = wrapper, covering, envelope; f. involvĕre to enwrap, envelop, involve.] 1. Outer covering, envelope; covering membrane; = involucre 1.a 1677 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. ii. 299 By this means the Earth was not at all conspicuous, but involved in an involuc...
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Involucrum
An involucrum (plural involucra) is a layer of new bone growth outside existing bone.
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Sequestrum
At the same time as this, new bone is forming (known as involucrum). Openings in this involucrum allow debris and exudates (including pus) to pass from the sequestrum via sinus tracts to the skin.
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involucel
involucel Bot. (ɪnˈvɒljuːsɛl) Formerly -ell. [ad. mod.L. involūcellum, (also in Eng. use), dim. of involucrum. Cf. F. involucelle (Littré).] A whorl of bracts surrounding one of the divisions in an inflorescence; a partial or secondary involucre. (α) in L. form involucellum.1765 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ...
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involucre
involucre (ˈɪnvəl(j)uːkə(r)) [a. F. involucre (1545 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. involūcrum.] 1. That which envelops or enwraps; a case, covering, envelope; spec. in Anat., a membranous envelope, as the pericardium.1578 Banister Hist. Man i. 25 Pericardon (whiche is the Inuolucre of the hart). 1822–34 Go...
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Blepharocarya involucrigera
The specific epithet comes from the Latin involucrum (a whorl of bracts around flowers or fruit), and gero (bearing or borne on).
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vacuolated
vacuolated, ppl. a. (ˈvækjuːəleɪtɪd) [f. vacuole: cf. vacuolation.] Rendered vacuolar; modified or altered by vacuolation.1859 Huxley Oceanic Hydrozoa 84 The cavity of the base of the involucrum appears to become filled up by vacuolated tissue. 1878 F. J. Bell Gegenbauer's Comp. Anat. 24 There are o...
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Nannocetus
lobes of the tympanic; reniform morphology of the tympanic in ventral view; lip of the tympanic slightly inflated; sub-rectilinear medial edge of the involucrum
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stragule
ˈstragule Bot. rare. [a. F. stragule or ad. L. strāgulum covering.] The inner involucrum of the flowers of grasses.1821 S. F. Gray Brit. Plants I. 122 Glumelle. Stragule, Corolla, Interior glume [etc.].. The internal particular involucrum of the flowers of the grasses.
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Whippomorpha
This discovery was significant as the involucrum was a morphology thought previously to be exclusive to cetaceans, a synapomorphy. In addition, both Cetaceans and Artiodactyls possess two distinct components in their ears, the involucrum and sigmoid process.
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periclinium
‖ periˈclinium Bot. [mod.L. (Cassini 1818), f. Gr. περί around + κλίνη couch.] The involucre of Compositæ.1826 G. N. Lloyd Bot. Terminol. 148 Periclinium,..a term used by Cassini to denote the common calyx of compound flowers. 1832 Lindley Introd. Bot. 102 In Compositæ, the involucrum often consists...
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Phlobaphene
They have not been found in flowers, unless the brown and black pigments in the involucrum of certain compositae are found to be of the phlobaphene type
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Heterokrohnia
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Heterokrohnia fragilis Kapp & Hagen, 1985
Heterokrohnia furnestinae Casanova & Chidgey, 1987
Heterokrohnia heterodonta Casanova, 1986
Heterokrohnia involucrum
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membranula
‖ membranula (mɛmˈbreɪnjʊlə) Also anglicized membranule. [L. membrānula, dim. of membrāna membrane.] A little membrane. a. Anat. In the eye (see quot. 1840). b. Bot. In ferns and mosses (see quot. 1821). c. Ent. ‘A small triangular flap or incurved portion on the posterior part of the base of the wi...
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Zieria involucrata
The specific epithet (involucrata) is derived from the Latin word involucrum meaning "wrapper", "case" or "envelope", referring to the persistent bracts
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