What does "bract" mean?

A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.

What is a synonym for "bract"?

Common synonyms include: blade, bracteole, bractlet, bracts, colored bract, cotyledon.

noun

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Noun

1
A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
"In this vegetable monster the bractes, or divisions of the spike, become wonderfully enlarged; and are converted into leaves."
2
a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence wordnet

"In this vegetable monster the bractes, or divisions of the spike, become wonderfully enlarged; and are converted into leaves."

From Latin bractea (“a thin plate of metal; gold leaf”).