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bract n. 苞叶,苞 苞叶,苞 bract n 1: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescenceBract \ Bract\, n. [ See { Bractea}.] ( Bot.) ( 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. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Bracts are often inconspicuous, but sometimes large and showy, or highly colored, as in many cactaceous plants. The spathes of aroid plants are conspicuous forms of bracts. [ 1913 Webster] 27 Moby Thesaurus words for " bract": blade, bracteole, bractlet, cotyledon, flag, floral leaf, foliole, frond, glume, involucre, involucrum, lamina, leaf, leaflet, lemma, ligule, needle, petal, pile, pine needle, seed leaf, sepal, spathe, spear, spire, stipula, stipule
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