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bract

A leaflike organ subtending an inflorescence. Bracts are sometimes brightly coloured and petal-like, as in poinset-tia (Euphorbia pulcherrima). The glumes, lemmas, and paleae of grass spikes are also examples of bracts. Compare bracteole. See also involucre.

 
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