bracteateadj.n.
/ˈbraktiːət/ A. adj.
1. Botany. Having bracts, bearing bracts.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [adjective] > having bracts, etc.
scaly1597
paleaceous1648
squamous1658
paleated1661
paled1704
squamose1731
leprous1759
spathaceous1760
squarrose1760
comose1793
glumose1793
ramentaceous1806
squarrous1806
leprose1818
squamate1826
glumaceous1828
bracteolate1830
lepidote1836
bracteate1839
spathose1839
squamulose1846
bracteated1852
bracted1854
obimbricate1857
squamaceous1857
squarrulose1857
ramentiferous1858
furfuraceous1860
tribracteate1870
tribracteolate1870
paleate1879
bracteose1880
1839 J. Lindley School Bot. v. 70 Flowers in heads or dense spikes, bracteate.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 291 Whorls many-flowered, axillary, or in leafy bracteate heads.
2. Formed of metal beaten thin; applied chiefly to coins, medals, or ornaments made of thin plates of gold or silver, the design being hollow on the under side and convex on the upper.
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1866 Athenæum No. 1996. 139/1 Two Danish bracteate ornaments.
B. n.
A bracteate coin or metal; also attributive.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > other classical coin type
bracteate1845
1845 G. Petrie Eccl. Archit. Ireland 209 Bracteates..coined by the first two propagators of Christianity in Denmark and Sweden.
1866–7 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. ii. 505 Few of the earlier Bracteate-stamps can be directly connected with ‘classical’ prototypes.
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adj.n.1839