bracteole

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Noun

bracteole (plural bracteoles)

  1. (botany) A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.
  2. (botany) A bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.

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