in botany, "small leaf at the base of a flower," Modern Latin, from Latin bractea, literally "thin metal plate," which is of unknown origin. Related: Bracteal; bracteate.

Any reduced leaf-like structure associated with a cone or flower.

A small, modified leaf, with or without a stem.

Modified leafA modified leaf. Often brightly coloured. e.g. Poinsettia. The distinctively coloured leaves at Christmas time are in fact bracts.

A modified leaf. Pointsettias are composed of bright red bracts not flowers! broadcast seeding:

A leaf that differs from the rest with a flower angling towards the stem

A modified leaflike structure closely associated with a flower, sometimes petal-like.

A modified leaf, usually at the base of a flower, which resembles a petal. Branch collar

A modified leaf that is found in a flower cluster or base of a flower. Many bracts are smaller than the ordinary leaves on the plant but some are very showy surrounding a group of insignificant flower [..]

A modified, often protective, leaf at the base of a flower or flower cluster. Bracts may resemble normal leaves, or be small and scale-like, or large and brightly coloured.

A leaf-like structure on an inflorescence.

A leaf that seems part of the flower cluster of a plant, or in the case of plants with insignificant flowers, may substitute for it in appearance by its bright coloring. Bougainvilleas are an example [..]

A leafy or scalelike part of a plant that may be small, exotic or be very colorful. It resides under a flower or flower stalk.

A modified leaf, usually small, but sometimes large and brightly colored, growing at the base of a flower or on its stalk. Clearly seen on dogwoods and poinsettias.

A modified leaf, usually small, often green, at the base of a flower stalk or behind a flower head.

 A modified leaf. Pointsettias are composed of bright red bracts not flowers!

A modified leaf at the base of a flower.

usually a more or less modified leaf, especially a smaller one associated with a flower or part of an inflorescence.

[Inflorescence] -- (Usually a small) leaf-like or stipule-like structure at nodes of inflorescence (see bracteole).

(n) a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence

A modified plant leaf protecting the inflorescence.

A specialized plant leaf which is most commonly located directly beneath a flower.

A small leaf at the base of the flower. Brood.

A modified leaf, usually small, but sometimes large and brightly colored, growing at the base of a flower or on its stalk. Clearly seen on dogwoods and poinsettias.

(botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.