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Bract

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bract"

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Word	Definition
subtendingverb	(transitive, mathematics) To use an angle to delimit (mark off, enclose) part of a straight or curved line, for example an arc or the opposite side of a triangle.
bracteanoun	Alternative form of bract. [(botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.]
bracteolenoun	(botany) A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.
bractletnoun	(botany) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that supports several flowers
bracteopetalnoun	(botany) A petal that is derived from a modified bract
involucrenoun	(botany) Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
lemmanoun	(linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
brachyblastnoun	(botany) A short shoot often bearing clusters of leaves
hypsophyllnoun	(botany) A bract or bracteole.
spathenoun	(botany) A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix.
phyllarynoun	(botany) An individual bract within an involucre or involucel.
branchletnoun	A small branch; a twig or sprig.
bulbilnoun	(botany) A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.
brachioblastnoun	(botany) An immature piece of tissue that has arms or needles
boursenoun	A stock exchange.
scapenoun	(botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
leaf budnoun	(botany) A bud which develops into a leaf or a leafy branch.
aculeusnoun	A sting.
outgrowthnoun	Anything that grows out of something else.
cauliclenoun	(botany) A small stalk or stem, especially the rudimentary stalk of a seed embryo