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BRACT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bract" is a kind of...):

husk (outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bract"):

calycle; calyculus; epicalyx; false calyx (a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus)

bracteole; bractlet (a small bract)

spathe (a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence)

involucre (a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence)

glume (small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae)

Holonyms ("bract" is a part of...):

inflorescence (the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk)

Derivation:

bracteal (pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract)

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