BRACT
Dictionary entry overview: What does bract mean?
• BRACT (noun)
The noun BRACT has 1 sense:
1. a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
Familiarity information: BRACT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BRACT (noun)
Meaning:
A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("bract" is a kind of...):
husk (outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bract"):
calycle; calyculus; epicalyx; false calyx (a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus)
bracteole; bractlet (a small bract)
spathe (a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence)
involucre (a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence)
glume (small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae)
Holonyms ("bract" is a part of...):
inflorescence (the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk)
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"To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature." (Native American proverb, Oglala Sioux)
"A tree starts with a seed." (Arabic proverb)
"A curse turns against the one who uttered it." (Corsican proverb)
