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Note:  Do not rely on this information. It is very old.

Involucre

Involucre, a whorl of bracts (q.v.) below an inflorescence. In the globe artichoke (Cynara Scolymus) it is the succulent bases of the bracts of the involucre that are eaten. Smaller secondary involucres terminating secondary peduncles, as in the compound umbels of many Umbelliferae, are known as involucels.