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What does bract mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: bracts |
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| bract - a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | ||
| husk outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds | ||
| inflorescence the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk | ||
| epicalyx, false calyx, calycle, calyculus a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | ||
| bracteole, bractlet a small bract | ||
| spathe a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence | ||
| involucre a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence | ||
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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 DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bract (n.)
A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises. - bract (n.)
Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bract
brakt, n. an irregularly developed leaf at the base of the flower-stalk.—adjs. Brac′teal, Brac′teate, Bract′ed, Brac′teolate.—n. Brac′teole, a little bract at the base of the stalk of a single flower which is itself on a main stalk supporting several flowers.—adj. Bract′less, destitute of bracts. [L. bractea, a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf.]
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🔤- bract, noun, singular of bracts.
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