bracteole

[ brak-tee-ohl ]

noun

, Botany.

1. a small or secondary bract, as on a pedicel.

bracteole

/ ˈbræktɪəlɪt; -ˌleɪt; ˈbræktɪˌəʊl /

noun

1. a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence Also called'bractlet

bracteole

/ brăk′tē-ōl′ /

1. A small bract.

Derived Forms

• bracteolate, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bracteole¹

1820–30; < New Latin bracteola, equivalent to Latin bracte ( a ) a thin plate of metal, gold leaf + -ola -ole ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of bracteole¹

C19: from New Latin bracteola , from bractea thin metal plate; see bract

Example Sentences

The smaller bracts or bracteoles, which occur among the subdivisions of a branching inflorescence, often produce no flower-buds, and thus anomalies occur in the floral arrangements.

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In the female the bracts fall early, but their place is taken by three-lobed bracteoles, which enlarge after flowering, and become an inch or an inch and a half long.

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In the fruit the bracteoles form two woody valves between which is a nut; the aggregate of fruits resemble small cones.

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They have very short pedicels, and the whorl is supported by a bract of stem-clasping leaves, cupped, and variously shaped, as ovate and beaked; there are also supplementary bracteoles.

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She carries a faded cut-flower, got at considerable cost from a botanical garden, and as she goes she counts its petals, its stamens, its bracteoles.

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