A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.
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Same as Bractlet.
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A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers.
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A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.
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The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.
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A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head.
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A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix.
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The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears…
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Having the nature or appearance of a bract.
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Having the nature or appearance of a bract.
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A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
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