Definitions for bractbrækt
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bractbrækt(n.)
a specialized leaflike plant part, sometimes large and showy, usu. situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
Category: Botany
Origin of bract:
1760–70; earlier bractea < L: a thin plate of metal
bract′less(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
bract(noun)
a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
Wiktionary
bract(Noun)
A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil of which a the stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
Webster Dictionary
Bract(noun)
a leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises
Bract(noun)
any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower
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