Meaning Bracts
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Bracts


These are modified leaves growing just below the flower or cluster of flowers on a plant. They can be showy and mistaken for flowers. A poinsettia is a good example.
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Bracts


showy, brightly colored specialized leaves (on such plants as dogwoods and poinsettias) that are often mistaken for flower petals
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Leaves that develop just below the flowers on some plants. For example, poinsettia bracts, which most people think are the flowers because they turn red, pink, or white. On close inspection, however, [..]
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Bracts


structures found at the base of a pedicel or peduncle
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Bracts


Floral leaves that protect developing flowers.
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