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1. (n.) bract
a specialized leaflike plant part, sometimes large and showy, usu. situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
Etymology: (1760–70; earlier bractea < L: a thin plate of metal)
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1. (noun) bract
a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
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1. (noun) bract
a leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises
2. (noun) bract
any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower
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