Definition of Bractlet. Meaning of Bractlet. Synonyms of Bractlet

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Definition of Bractlet

Bractlet
Bractlet Bract"let, n. [Bract + -let] (Bot.) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers. --Gray.

Meaning of Bractlet from wikipedia

- golden bracts of Musella lasiocarpa. A small bract is called a bracteole or bractlet. Technically this is any bract that arises on a pedicel instead of subtending...
- hairy to hairless and 15 to 20 millimetres (0.59 to 0.79 in) with small bractlets nearer to the base which are densely hairy. The petals are thick and yellowish...
- leaf, and solid. The spathe is lanceolate, membranous, and 6–10 cm. The bractlet liner is 3–7 cm. Its perianth tube is slender and straight, green white...
- calyx; synonymous with bractlet. bracteolate Possessing bracteoles (bractlets). bracteose Having many or showy bracts. bractlet See bracteole. branchlet...
- below the middle and dark chestnut brown at apex. Each scale bears two bractlets and three sterile flowers, each flower consisting of a sessile, membranous...
- reduced, leaf, called a bract. A secondary smaller bract is a bracteole (bractlet, prophyll, prophyllum), often on the side of the pedicel, and generally...
- each segment is reflexed and sometimes glaucous. The lanceolate shaped bractlets are in two series, with the apices a****inate in shape. The 14–25 millimetres...
- green in color, but flushed with red or purple shading, as well as the bractlets, giving an overall darker appearance. The filaments are also dark and...
- umbel is surrounded by five wide, round to oval, and sometimes pointed bractlets at the base. The flowers are yellow to yellow-green. Jepson Manual Treatment...
- flat top to the whole plant. Each flower head is surrounded by 2 to 8 bractlets or mini-leaves, each 1 millimeter (0.039 in) to more than 2 millimeters...