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bract noun. [brakt] Orig. also in Latin form bractea, pl. -eae. L18.
[Latin bractea var. of brattea thin plate of metal, gold leaf.]
Botany. A leaf or scale, usu. small, growing below the calyx of a plant.
bractlet noun = BRACTEOLE M19.