bracteole (English, noun)
expansion: bracteole (plural bracteoles)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.
Forms:
form: bracteoles
tags: plural