Definition of Bract. Meaning of Bract. Synonyms of Bract

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Definition of Bract

Bract
Bract Bract, n. [See Bractea.] (Bot.) (a) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises. (b) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower. Note: Bracts are often inconspicuous, but sometimes large and showy, or highly colored, as in many cactaceous plants. The spathes of aroid plants are conspicuous forms of bracts.

Meaning of Bract from wikipedia

- In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one ****ociated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or...
- Abaca bract mosaic virus (ABrMV) is a plant pathogenic virus. It is transmitted by Pentalonia nigronervosa, Aphis gossypii, and Rhopalosiphum maidis....
- cone bract length was often used to divide the larches into two sections (sect. Larix with short bracts, and sect. Multiserialis with long bracts), but...
- in the locule Elbow of the bract Tall (< 0.28) Short (> 0.30) Bend of the bract The bract wraps behind the opening The bract raises without bending behind...
- Mentzelia montana, known by the common name variegated bract blazingstar, is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae. Mentzelia montana is...
- Diplolepis californica, formerly Rhodites californicus, also known as the leafy bract gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on wild roses...
- placement of bracts include: Some plants have bracts that subtend the inflorescence, where the flowers are on branched stalks; the bracts are not connected...
- Banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae. BBrMV is transmitted by aphid. ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database:...
- is closed off from most organisms by the ostiole, fringed by scale-like bracts. Syconia can be monoecious or functionally dioecious: the former contain...
- commonly known as three-lobe beggarticks, three-part beggarticks, leafy-bracted beggarticks or trifid bur-marigold. It is native to much of Eurasia, North...