Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bracteole .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
bract on thestalk of a singleflower , which is itself on a main stalk that supports several flowers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small bract
Etymologies
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bract + -let
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Examples
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Staminate flowers in long, drooping catkins, provided with three or more stamens and occasionally with an irregular-lobed perianth adnate to the bractlet and a rudimentary ovary.
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