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nouna modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescencetype of:part of:
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
- awn slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
- imbricate used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles