| NOUN | plant | bract | a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence |
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| Meaning | A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence. | |
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| Part of | inflorescence | The flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk |
| Narrower | bracteole, bractlet | A small bract |
| epicalyx, false calyx, calycle, calyculus | A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | |
| glume | small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae | |
| involucre | A highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence | |
| spathe | A conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence | |
| Broader | husk | Outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds |
| Spanish | bractea, bráctea | |
| Catalan | bràctea | |
| Adjectives | bracteal | pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract |
| bracteate, bracted | having bracts | |
| ebracteate | without bracts | |
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