bracteate

American  

[brak-tee-it, -eyt] / ˈbræk ti ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. Botany. Also bracteose having bracts.

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noun

1. a thin coin, struck only on one face, the pattern of which shows through on the reverse face.

bracteate British  

/ ˈbræktɪɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. (of a plant) having bracts

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noun

1. archaeol a fine decorated dish or plate of precious metal

Etymology

Origin of bracteate

From the New Latin word bracteātus, dating back to 1835–45. See bract, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

A golden bracteate, a kind of thin, ornamental pendant, which carried an inscription that read, “He is Odin’s man,” likely referring to an unknown king or overlord.

From Seattle Times

A Victorian field guide, for example, describes Agrimonia in rather uncompromising terms: "Herbs with stipulate, pinnate, serrate leaves and terminal bracteate spine-like racemes of small yellow flowers."

From The Guardian

Calyx not bracteate at base, but the outer sepals commonly larger.

From Project Gutenberg

Flowers.—In interrupted spikes, having from three to nine dense, rather remote, headlike, bracteate whorls.

From Project Gutenberg

The flowers are small, and white or purplish, and produced in long, pendulous, bracteate racemes from the axils of the upper leaves.

From Project Gutenberg