💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bractea"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bractnoun | (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 |
| spathenoun | (botany) A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix. |
| 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. |
| leafbudnoun | Alternative form of leaf bud. [(botany) A bud which develops into a leaf or a leafy branch.] |
| calyculusnoun | (zoology) Any cup-shaped structure. |
| leafnoun | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| bladenoun | The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts. |
| hypsophyllnoun | (botany) A bract or bracteole. |
| involucrenoun | (botany) Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence. |
| brachyblastnoun | (botany) A short shoot often bearing clusters of leaves |
| leafsheathnoun | Alternative form of leaf sheath. [(botany) A structure at the base of a leaf's petiole that partly surrounds or protect the stem or another organ that it subtends.] |
| cyathophyllnoun | (botany) The bract-like structure of a euphorbia on which the involucre sits, usually but not always occurring in twos. They may sometimes be brightly coloured and confused with petals. |
| calyclenoun | (archaic, botany) calyculus |
| squamanoun | (medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium. |
| branchletnoun | A small branch; a twig or sprig. |
| kalyptranoun | Alternative form of calyptra. [(botany) In bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.] |
| axilnoun | (botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. |
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