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Bract

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Noun

1. bract

a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bract

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noun
a specialized leaf, usually smaller than the foliage leaves, with a single flower or inflorescence growing in its axil

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Bract

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noun
a modified leaf, usually small and scalelike, sometimes large and brightly colored, from whose axil grows a flower or inflorescence

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bract

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n.
A leaflike or scalelike plant part, usually small, sometimes showy or brightly colored, and located just below a flower, a flower stalk, or an inflorescence.

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