bract
IPA: brˈækt
noun
- (botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
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Examples of "bract" in Sentences
- The bracts are round and awn tipped.
- The floral bracts are often lanceolate.
- The bracts are often small and inconspicuous.
- The bract is used as a bowl for feeding pigs.
- The bracts are lanceolate, and blue at the top.
- A small bract is called a bracteole or bractlet.
- Inflorescence bracts are papery and yellow in colour.
- There is a single tiny bract at the base of each pedicel.
- The inflorescence is a panicle or raceme with small bracts.
- Bracts may subtend the two lateral flowers or may be absent.
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