A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.

The cup shaped part of a daffodil is called a corona. A cyanthium is the cup shaped flower of the Euphorbia family. The involucre is the cup shaped flower like structure of scrub buckwheat.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern I---L-C--. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter I and 5th letter L and 7th letter C. In alphabetical order, they are:

idiolects

involucel

involucra

involucre

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern --V---CRE. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter V and 7th letter C and 8th letter R and 9th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are:

involucre

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern -NV-LU---. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter N and 3rd letter V and 5th letter L and 6th letter U. In alphabetical order, they are:

involucel

involucra

involucre

involuted

involutes