bracteole

Meanings

nounbracteole (plural bracteoles)

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

nouna small bract

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

By surface analysis, bract + -eole (second element from -ea + -ole).

Polish plewinka

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

Portuguese bractéola

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

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