bracteate
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of bracteate
From the New Latin word bracteātus, dating back to 1835–45. See bract, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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“That kind of mythology can take us further and have us reinvestigate all the other 200 bracteate inscriptions that we know,” Imer said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023
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 • Mar. 8, 2023
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 • May 31, 2012
Heads in panicled spikes, scarcely bracteate; corolla of the 5 fertile flowers a mere rudiment or none.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Calyx not bracteate at base, but the outer sepals commonly larger.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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