bract

[ brakt ]

/ brækt /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR bract ON THESAURUS.COM

noun Botany.

a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.

Origin of bract

1760–70; earlier bractea<Latin: a thin plate of metal

OTHER WORDS FROM bract

brac·te·al

[brak-tee-uhl], /ˈbræk ti əl/, adjectivebracted, adjectivebractless, adjective

Words nearby bract

Brackett series, brackish, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, braconid, bract, bracteate, bracteolate, bracteole, brad, bradawl

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Example sentences from the Web for bract

An axillary flower stands between the bract or leaf which subtends it and the axis or stem which bears this bract or leaf.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
Sterile flowers in slender lateral and clustered catkins; calyx naked, adherent to the bract, unequally 2–3-parted.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
The calyx is permanent, and five-cleft; and the flowers are produced in panicles, and each is furnished with a bract.
Botany for Ladies|Jane Loudon
This bract, when dead, is bent near the middle and more or less twisted, with the edges curving toward the cluster of nuts.
Seed Dispersal|William J. Beal

Bract, brakt, n. an irregularly developed leaf at the base of the flower-stalk.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for bract

bract

/ (brækt) /

noun

a specialized leaf, usually smaller than the foliage leaves, with a single flower or inflorescence growing in its axil

Derived forms of bract

bracteal, adjectivebractless, adjective

Word Origin for bract

C18: from New Latin bractea, Latin: thin metal plate, gold leaf, variant of brattea, of obscure origin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for bract

bract

[ brăkt ]

A modified leaf growing just below a flower or flower stalk. Bracts are generally small and inconspicuous, but some are showy and petallike, as the brightly colored bracts of bougainvillaea or the white or pink bracts of flowering dogwoods.

单词	bract
释义	bract [ brakt ] / brækt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bract ON THESAURUS.COM noun Botany. a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence. Origin of bract 1760–70; earlier bractea<Latin: a thin plate of metal OTHER WORDS FROM bract brac·te·al [brak-tee-uhl], /ˈbræk ti əl/, adjectivebracted, adjectivebractless, adjective Words nearby bract Brackett series, brackish, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, braconid, bract, bracteate, bracteolate, bracteole, brad, bradawl Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bract An axillary flower stands between the bract or leaf which subtends it and the axis or stem which bears this bract or leaf. The Elements of Botany\|Asa Gray Sterile flowers in slender lateral and clustered catkins; calyx naked, adherent to the bract, unequally 2–3-parted. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States\|Asa Gray The calyx is permanent, and five-cleft; and the flowers are produced in panicles, and each is furnished with a bract. Botany for Ladies\|Jane Loudon This bract, when dead, is bent near the middle and more or less twisted, with the edges curving toward the cluster of nuts. Seed Dispersal\|William J. Beal Bract, brakt, n. an irregularly developed leaf at the base of the flower-stalk. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)\|Various British Dictionary definitions for bract bract / (brækt) / noun a specialized leaf, usually smaller than the foliage leaves, with a single flower or inflorescence growing in its axil Derived forms of bract bracteal, adjectivebractless, adjective Word Origin for bract C18: from New Latin bractea, Latin: thin metal plate, gold leaf, variant of brattea, of obscure origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bract needle, stalk, frond, petal, scale, blade, leaflet, flag, pad, stipule, petiole, foliole Scientific definitions for bract bract [ brăkt ] A modified leaf growing just below a flower or flower stalk. Bracts are generally small and inconspicuous, but some are showy and petallike, as the brightly colored bracts of bougainvillaea or the white or pink bracts of flowering dogwoods. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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bract

noun Botany.

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British Dictionary definitions for bract

noun

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Scientific definitions for bract