Botany. A tuft of bracts occurring beyond the inflorescence, as in the pine-apple; ‘the crown of sterile flowers on the top of some forms of…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [noun] > scale-leaves or bracts (3) coma1669 Botany. A tuft of bracts occurring beyond the inflorescence, as in the pine-apple; ‘the crown of sterile flowers on the top of some forms of… chaff1776 Botany (a) The thin dry leaves or bracts of the flower of grasses, esp. the inner pair now usually called pales or glumelles, distinct from the… cataphyllary leaves1875 the colourless or brownish scales found on various parts of plants, esp. underground, regarded as modifications of foliage-leaves. |
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