bracteole

American  

[brak-tee-ohl] / ˈbræk tiˌoʊl /

Also bractlet

noun

Botany.

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

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bracteole British  

/ ˈbræktɪəlɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈbræktɪˌəʊl /

noun

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

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bracteole Scientific  

/ brăk′tē-ōl′ /

1. A small bract.

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Other Word Forms

• bracteolate adjective

Etymology

Origin of bracteole

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

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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