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bract
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bract has 1 sense
- bract(n = noun.plant) Array - a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence; Array is a part of inflorescence
has particulars: calycle, calyculus, epicalyx, false calyx, bracteole, bractlet, spathe, involucre, glume
is a kind of husk
Derived form adjective bracteal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
bract, n. [See Bractea.].
A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises. [1913 Webster]
" Bracts are often inconspicuous, but sometimes large and showy, or highly colored, as in many cactaceous plants. The spathes of aroid plants are conspicuous forms of bracts."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bract, n. a modified and often brightly coloured leaf, with a flower or an inflorescence in its axil.
Derivative
bracteal adj. bracteate adj.
Etymology
L bractea thin plate, gold-leaf
THESAURUS
bract
blade, bracteole, bractlet, cotyledon, flag, floral leaf, foliole, frond, glume, involucre, involucrum, lamina, leaf, leaflet, lemma, ligule, needle, petal, pile, pine needle, seed leaf, sepal, spathe, spear, spire, stipula, stipule
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