Definition of Brct
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.
&fist; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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