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bracteola

bracteola is the alternative form of bracteole.

Meaning of bracteole

Noun

bracteole (plural bracteoles)

  1. A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.
  2. A bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.

Forms of bracteola

pluralbracteolae

Questions about bracteola

What is bracteola the alternative form of?
Bracteola is the alternative form of bracteole.

Words near bracteola in the dictionary

  1. bracteate
  2. bracteately
  3. bracteates
  4. bracted
  5. bracteiferous
  6. bracteola
  7. bracteolae
  8. bracteolar
  9. bracteolate
  10. bracteole
  11. bracteoles

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