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Bract

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence wordnet

Etymology

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

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