Usually means: Leaf-like structure near flowers.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. bract: Merriam-Webster
  2. bract: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bract: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bract: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bract: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bract, bract: Wordnik
  7. bract: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bract: Wiktionary
  9. bract: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bract: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bract: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. bract: Dictionary.com
  13. Bract: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Bract: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. bract: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. bract: Rhymezone
  17. Bract: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. bract: FreeDictionary.org
  19. bract: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. bract: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bract-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bract: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. bract: Glossary of Common Tree Terms
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. GreenWeb Gardening Glossary (No longer online)
  4. bract: Rhododendron Glossary
  5. Bryological (No longer online)
  6. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  7. Bract: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  8. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)
  9. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)
  10. bract: Natural History Terms

(Note: See bracteal as well.)

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noun:  (botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.

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