Bract
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bract is a noun meaning (botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
Meaning
(botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
Example Sentences
A Verticil or Whirl may be[…]Naked; that is without involucre, bracte or brittle. Bracted - or Involucred
In this vegetable monster the bractes, or divisions of the spike, become wonderfully enlarged; and are converted into leaves.
Great dense patches of them grew, four and five and six feet deep, impenetrable swathes of dark green bracts that advertised their danger.
Word Forms
- bracts
- bracte
- bractea
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subtending, bractea, bracteole, bractlet, bracteopetal, involucre.
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