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Bractlet

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that supports several flowers.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as bracteole.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a small bract

Word Usage

"Staminate flowers in long, drooping catkins, provided with three or more stamens and occasionally with an irregular-lobed perianth adnate to the bractlet and a rudimentary ovary."

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