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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