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A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: husk
Narrower terms: epicalyx, false calyx, calycle, calyculus, bracteole, bractlet, spathe, involucre, glume
From Latin bractea (“a thin plate of metal; gold leaf”).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
прицветник
(pricvetnik)
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Catalan:
bràctea
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Chinese Mandarin:
苞片
(bāopiàn)
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Czech:
listen
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Dutch:
schutblad
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Esperanto:
brakteo
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Finnish:
suojuslehti
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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French:
bractée
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Galician:
bráctea
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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German:
Tragblatt
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Greek:
βράκτιο
(vráktio)
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Hungarian:
murva
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Hungarian:
murvalevél
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Hungarian:
fellevél
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Hungarian:
előlevél
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Italian:
brattea
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Japanese:
苞
(hō)
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Japanese:
苞葉
(hōyō)
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Latin:
bractea
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Macedonian:
прицветник
(pricvetnik)
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Macedonian:
плодна лушпа
(plodna lušpa)
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Māori:
emiemi
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Polish:
przykwiatek
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Portuguese:
bráctea
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Romanian:
bractee
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Russian:
прицве́тник
(pricvétnik)
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Spanish:
bráctea
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Welsh:
bract
— leaf or leaf-like structure
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Welsh:
blodeulen
— leaf or leaf-like structure