1) Bracteolate 2) Bracteole 3) Bractlet 4) Calycle 5) Calyculus 6) Epicalyx 7) Glume 8) Involucrate 9) Involucre 10) Spathe
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1) Cluster leaf 2) Dogwood petal 3) Floral leaf 4) Flower base 5) Flower leaf 6) Husk 7) Involucre component 8) Leaf of a flower stalk 9) Leaflike appendage 10) Leaflike flower part 11) Leaflike part 12) Leaflike plant part 13) Modified leaf 14) Palea 15) Petal-like poinsettia part 16) Poinsettia petal
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a leaf-like structure, usually different in form from the foliage leaves, associated with an inflorescence or flower. adj. bracteate
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a modfied leaf on a flowering stem usually just below the flower or along the inflorescence
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• (n.) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises. • (n.) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower.
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A leaf-like structure which lacks a blade or lamina.
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A modified leaf that bears a flower.
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(from the article `cnidarian`) ...an even greater variety of polymorphs. These include gas-filled floats called pneumatophores, pulsating, locomotory structures called nectophores, ...
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(from the article `gnetophyte`) ...seed leaves (cotyledons), a stem axis, and a root, embedded in nutritive tissue of the female gametophyte. The pair of protective bracteoles ... [4 related articles]
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a modified leaf which may be reduced in size or different in other characteristics from the foliage leaves and which usually subtends a flower or an inflorescence
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a modified leaf, usually reduced in size or scale-like. Sometimes large and brightly colored.
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A modified leaf, sometimes colored and sometimes mistaken for a petal. Examples of house plants with showy bracts are Poinsettia, Aphelandra, and Bougainvillea.
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A modified leaf protecting the inflorescence.
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A leaf-like structure, different in form from the foliage leaves and without an axillary bud, associated with an inflorescence or flower. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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A modified leaf, usually at the base of a flower which resembles a petal.
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a modified leaf which may be reduced in size or different in other characteristics from the foliage leaves and which usually subtends a flower or an inflorescence
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A modified leaf at the base of a flower stalk. It may be brightly coloured as in the case of Poinsettias
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A modified leaf of the flower or the branch of a flower, i.e. glumes and lemmas.
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Bract noun [ See
Bractea .]
(Botany) (a) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.
(b) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower. »
Bracts are often inconspicuous, bu...
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A much-reduced leaf, particularly the small or scale-like leaves in a flower-cluster or associated with the flowers.
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a modfied leaf on a flowering stem usually just below the flower or along the inflorescence
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A modified leaf that bears a flower.
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noun a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
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Click images to enlargeLeaflike structure in whose axil a flower or inflorescence develops. Bracts are generally green and smaller than the true leaves. However, in some plants they may be brightly coloured and conspicuous, taking over the role of attracting pollinating insects to the flowers, whose own petals are small&#...
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A reduced (smaller than normal sized) leaf at the base of a flower-stalk. If the flower-stalk is short or absent the bract or bracts may be at the base of a flower and resemble sepals.
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