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Bracteal

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Adjective

1. bracteal

pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract

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Bracteal

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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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Bracteal

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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

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Bracteal

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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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