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Palea :: Palea (n.) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc..

Glume :: Glume (n.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt..

Purpleheart :: Purpleheart (n.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba..

Bracted :: Bracted (a.) Furnished with bracts.

Bracteolate :: Bracteolate (a.) Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets.

Bractless :: Bractless (a.) Destitute of bracts.

Teasel :: Teasel (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth..

Bracteate :: Bracteate (a.) Having a bract or bracts.

Chaff :: Chaff (n.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower..

Coma :: Coma (n.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds..

Tribracteate :: Tribracteate (a.) Having three bracts.

Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head..

Spathe :: Spathe (n.) A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix..

Bracteole :: Bracteole (n.) Same as Bractlet.

Calycle :: Calycle (n.) A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside..

Bougainvillaea :: Bougainvillaea (n.) A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts..

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.

Calycular :: Calycular (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle..

Bracteal :: Bracteal (a.) Having the nature or appearance of a bract.

Calyculated :: Calyculated (a.) Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.

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