bract
noun
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
bracted
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a word derived from
bract.
Example Sentences
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Flowers not in terminal bracted spikes PRIMULACEAE, p.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
Pod 2-celled, many-seeded, opening at the top.—Flowers axillary or chiefly in bracted racemes, in summer and early autumn.
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 Asa Gray
Flowers whitish, small, in a bracted spike or head, raised on a naked scape.
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 Asa Gray
Corolla slightly irregular; flowers in bracted clusters, or axillary; taste not peppery 40b, in SCROPHULARIACEAE, p.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
Flowers cymose, mostly bracted; the open clusters terminal or crowded in the upper axils.
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 Asa Gray
