invólucro
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- envólucro (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin involucrum.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈvɔ.lu.kɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈvɔ.lu.kɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈvɔ.lu.kɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈbɔ.lu.kɾu/
- Hyphenation: in‧vó‧lu‧cro
Noun
invólucro m (plural invólucros)
- that which wraps or covers something
- Synonym: envoltório
- (botany) bracts or floral leaves around a flower's base
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