Definition of Bract. Meaning of Bract. Synonyms of Bract

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Definition of Bract

Bract
Bract Bract, n. [See Bractea.] (Bot.) (a) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises. (b) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower. Note: Bracts are often inconspicuous, but sometimes large and showy, or highly colored, as in many cactaceous plants. The spathes of aroid plants are conspicuous forms of bracts.

Meaning of Bract from wikipedia

- In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one ****ociated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or...
- Abaca bract mosaic virus (ABrMV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae. Attempts have been made to sequence ABrMV. The virus is said to...
- a bract. A bract is usually located at the node where the main stem of the inflorescence forms, joined to the rachis of the plant, but other bracts can...
- in the locule Elbow of the bract Tall (< 0.28) Short (> 0.30) Bend of the bract The bract wraps behind the opening The bract raises without bending behind...
- Diplolepis californica, formerly Rhodites californicus, also known as the leafy bract gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on wild roses...
- Mentzelia montana, known by the common name variegated bract blazingstar, is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae. Mentzelia montana is...
- cone bract length was often used to divide the larches into two sections (sect. Larix with short bracts, and sect. Multiserialis with long bracts), but...
- Dendrobium bracteosum (bracted dendrobium) is a species of orchid. It is native to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Indonesian Province of...
- and water (e.g. onions). Tendrils allow the plant to climb (e.g. peas). Bracts and pseudanthia (false flowers) replace normal flower structures when the...
- the bracts are fused to form a cup or band up to about 2.5 centimeters wide. At the end of each branching of the stem is a similar cup of bracts partially...