bractlet
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bractlet (plural bractlets)
- (botany) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that supports several flowers[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Bractlet.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.
- “bractlet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.