Bract

Bract [ Botany ]
Adjective: Bracteate

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	A bract is a reduced or modified leaf different in various characteristics from the foliage leaves in the axil of which arises a flower or a flower cluster.

Bracts are often found at the base of a flower, (or of a cone) involucral with an inflorescence, they may form a cup around the flower (e.g. Asteraceae) or resemble a normal leaf, or be reduced and scale-like in appearance, or large, brilliantly coloured, similar to petals to emphasize the flowers (e.g. Poinsetta Euphorbia pulcherrima). Shoots and flowers may arise from a leaf axil, but a flower arises more often in the axil of a bract.

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