bractea

The scales which form the female catkin are of a whitish green; the bractea on the back is slightly reddish on its upper side; and the stigma, which has two points, is of a bright red.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Various

Of the German medieval coins, the "bracteates" (Lat. bractea, "a thin sheet of metal") deserve special mention.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Fasciculi pauciflori: spiculae cum pedunculo brevissimo articulatae et solubiles, et subtensae bractea nervosa carinata ejusdem circiter longitudinis.

Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832

O. labio quadrifido, maculato; comu germinibus et bractea breviore.

Caroli a Linné species plantarum; exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas Willdenow, Karl Ludwig, 1765-1812. ed 1797

An intelligent friend of mine, now in India, says that the pod of cotton is overhung by a brown leaf (bractea?), and if the cotton is gathered early in the morning, whilst the dew is on the plant, this leaf is tough and does not break, and the cotton is gathered clean; but if it is picked after the dew has evaporated, this leaf is brittle, and gets mixed with the cotton in the picking.

Essays in Natural History and Agriculture Thomas Garnett 1838

'bracts' by botanists, a good word, from the Latin 'bractea,' meaning a piece of metal plate, so thin as to crackle.

Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859