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Webster 1913 Edition

Bracteole

Brac′te-ole

,

Noun.

[L.

bracteola

, dim. of

bractea

. See

.]

(Bot.)

Same as

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bracteole

BRAC'TEOLE

,

Noun.

A little bract.

Definition 2024

bracteole

bracteole

English

Noun

bracteole ‎(plural bracteoles)

(botany) A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.
(botany) A bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.

Translations

a bract subtending an inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract

Portuguese: bractéola f