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   bract

   /brakt/

   noun

   • 1. a modified leaf or scale, typically small, with a flower or flower cluster in its axil. Bracts are sometimes larger and more brightly coloured than the true flower, as in poinsettia.

   Word Origin late 18th century: from Latin bractea ‘thin plate of metal’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bracteal adjective

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