bract
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009055
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: bracteole
- related: bractlet
- related: hypsophyll
- narrow: scale
- exact: bráctea (Spanish)
- exact: 苞葉 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A phyllome that subtends a reproductive structure. [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- Usually different from leaves. Often used to refer to a floral bract, but includes other kinds of bracts.
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