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Definitions of bract
  1. noun
    a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
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Definition that contains bract
  • scale a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
  • coma (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
  • cone cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
  • cornel a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
  • edelweiss alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
  • bougainvillea any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions
  • teasle any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
  • dogwood a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
  • imbricate used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
  • awn slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
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