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“cyathophorous”
cyathophorous
1. Cup-shaped.
2. An inflorescence (the flowering part of a plant, and especially the mode of its arrangement) with unisexual (either pistillate [female] or staminate [male]) flowers surrounded by a cup-like cluster of involucral bracts, e.g., a poinsettia.
2. An inflorescence (the flowering part of a plant, and especially the mode of its arrangement) with unisexual (either pistillate [female] or staminate [male]) flowers surrounded by a cup-like cluster of involucral bracts, e.g., a poinsettia.
Involucre refers to a circle or collection of bracts surrounding a flower cluster or head, or a single flower.
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cyath-, cyatho-, cyathi- +
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phoro-, phor-, -phora, -phorous, -phoresis, -phore, -phori, -phoria +
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