Bract

[brækt]

Definition

(noun.) a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence.

Checked by Blanchard--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.

(n.) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower.

Edited by Laurence

Definition

n. an irregularly developed leaf at the base of the flower-stalk.—adjs. Brac′teal Brac′teate Bract′ed Brac′teolate.—n. Brac′teole a little bract at the base of the stalk of a single flower which is itself on a main stalk supporting several flowers.—adj. Bract′less destitute of bracts.

Editor: Lora