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bracts

bracts is the plural of bract.

Meaning of bract

Noun

bract (plural bracts)

  1. A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
    • In this vegetable monster the bractes, or divisions of the spike, become wonderfully enlarged; and are converted into leaves.1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 9

Questions about bracts

What is bracts the plural of?
Bracts is the plural of bract.

Words near bracts in the dictionary

  1. bractiform
  2. bractless
  3. bractlet
  4. bractlets
  5. bractlike
  6. bracts
  7. Bracy
  8. Bracys
  9. brad
  10. Brad as Pitt
  11. Brad Pittesque

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