In this vegetable monster the bractes, or divisions of the spike, become wonderfully enlarged; and are converted into leaves.
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Bract
Synonyms for "bract" (27 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- прицветник noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Catalan
1 entries- bràctea noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 苞片 noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Czech
1 entries- listen noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Dutch
1 entries- schutblad noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Esperanto
1 entries- brakteo noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Finnish
1 entries- suojuslehti noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
French
1 entries- bractée noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Galician
1 entries- bráctea noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
German
1 entries- Tragblatt noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Greek
1 entries- βράκτιο noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Hungarian
4 entries- előlevél noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
- fellevél noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
- murva noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
- murvalevél noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Italian
1 entries- brattea noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Japanese
2 entries- 苞 noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
- 苞葉 noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Latin
1 entries- bractea noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Macedonian
2 entries- плодна лушпа noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
- прицветник noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Māori
1 entries- emiemi noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Polish
1 entries- przykwiatek noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Portuguese
1 entries- bráctea noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Romanian
1 entries- bractee noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Russian
1 entries- прицве́тник noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Spanish
1 entries- bráctea noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Welsh
2 entries- blodeulen noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
- bract noun (leaf or leaf-like structure)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
A Verticil or Whirl may be[…]Naked; that is without involucre, bracte or brittle. Bracted - or Involucred
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Great dense patches of them grew, four and five and six feet deep, impenetrable swathes of dark green bracts that advertised their danger.
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