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bracteoles

bracteoles is the plural 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.

Questions about bracteoles

What is bracteoles the plural of?
Bracteoles is the plural of bracteole.

Words near bracteoles in the dictionary

  1. bracteola
  2. bracteolae
  3. bracteolar
  4. bracteolate
  5. bracteole
  6. bracteoles
  7. bracteopetal
  8. bracteopetaloid
  9. bracteopetals
  10. bracteose
  11. bractiferous

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