Meaning of Bract | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.

العربية الورقة

Bosanski murva

Català bràctea

Čeština listen

Cymraeg blodeulen bract

Deutsch Tragblatt

Ελληνικά βράκτιο

Esperanto brakteo

Español bráctea

Suomi suojuslehti

Français bractée

Hrvatski murva

Magyar murva

Italiano brattea

日本語苞苞葉苴

Latina bractea

Nederlands schutblad

Polski podsadka przykwiatek przysadka

Português bráctea

Română bractee

Русский прицве́тник

Српски murva

ไทย กาบ

“In this vegetable monster the bractes, or divisions of the spike, become wonderfully enlarged; and are converted into leaves.”

“A Verticil or Whirl may be[…]Naked; that is without involucre, bracte or brittle. Bracted - or Involucred”

“Great dense patches of them grew, four and five and six feet deep, impenetrable swathes of dark green bracts that advertised their danger.”

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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