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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Same as bracteole.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a small bract

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  • “Staminate flowers in long, drooping catkins, provided with three or more stamens and occasionally with an irregular-lobed perianth adnate to the bractlet and a rudimentary ovary.”

    The Pecan and its Culture

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