bracteate

[ brak-tee-it, -eyt ]

adjective

1. Also brac·te·ose [] Botany. having bracts.

noun

1. a thin coin, struck only on one face, the pattern of which shows through on the reverse face.

bracteate

/ ˈbræktɪɪt; -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. (of a plant) having bracts

noun

1. archaeol a fine decorated dish or plate of precious metal

Word History and Origins

Origin of bracteate¹

From the New Latin word bracteātus, dating back to 1835–45. See bract, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of bracteate¹

C19: from Latin bracteātus gold-plated; see bract

Example Sentences

A golden bracteate, a kind of thin, ornamental pendant, which carried an inscription that read, “He is Odin’s man,” likely referring to an unknown king or overlord.

From Seattle Times

A Victorian field guide, for example, describes Agrimonia in rather uncompromising terms: "Herbs with stipulate, pinnate, serrate leaves and terminal bracteate spine-like racemes of small yellow flowers."

From The Guardian

Heads in panicled spikes, scarcely bracteate; corolla of the 5 fertile flowers a mere rudiment or none.

From Project Gutenberg

Flowers.—In interrupted spikes, having from three to nine dense, rather remote, headlike, bracteate whorls.

From Project Gutenberg

The flowers are small, and white or purplish, and produced in long, pendulous, bracteate racemes from the axils of the upper leaves.

From Project Gutenberg