bract

bract

B0442100 (brăkt)n. A leaflike or scalelike plant part, usually small, sometimes showy or brightly colored, and located just below a flower, a flower stalk, or an inflorescence.

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[From Latin bractea, gold leaf, perhaps from Greek brakhein, to rattle.]

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brac′te·al (brăk′tē-əl) adj.

bract

(brækt) n (Botany) a specialized leaf, usually smaller than the foliage leaves, with a single flower or inflorescence growing in its axil[C18: from New Latin bractea, Latin: thin metal plate, gold leaf, variant of brattea, of obscure origin] ˈbracteal adj ˈbractless adj

bract

(brækt)

n. a specialized leaflike plant part, sometimes large and showy, usu. situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence. [1760–70; earlier bractea < Latin: a thin plate of metal] brac′te•al, adj. brac′te•ate (-ti ɪt, -ˌeɪt) bract′ed, adj. bract′less, adj.

bract

(brăkt) A small, leaf-like plant part growing just below a flower or flower stalk. Most bracts are thin and inconspicuous, but some are brightly colored.

Thesaurus

Noun

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bract - a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescenceinflorescence - the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalkcalycle, calyculus, epicalyx, false calyx - a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscushusk - outer membranous covering of some fruits or seedsbracteole, bractlet - a small bractspathe - a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescenceinvolucre - a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescenceglume - small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae

Translations

bractéebrattea