bract
pronunciation
How to pronounce bract in British English:
UK [brækt]
How to pronounce bract in American English:
US [brækt]
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- Noun:
- a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
Word Origin
- bract (n.)
- in botany, "small leaf at the base of a flower," Modern Latin, from Latin bractea, literally "thin metal plate," which is of unknown origin. Related: Bracteal; bracteate.
Example
- 1. Pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract .
- 2. Flowers produced on short shoots , each flower subtended by a bract or bract suppressed ; perianth lacking .
- 3. Flowers subtended by a single bract .
- 4. Bract margin slightly and irregularly dentate .
- 5. Bract and bracteole margin ciliate .