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Definition of bract
1 : a leaf from the axil of which a flower or floral axis arises
2 : a leaf borne on a floral axis; especially : one subtending a flower or flower cluster
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Its pretty bright red color, like the deep red of holiday Poinsettia, comes not from the flower but from specialized leaves called bracts.
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Queen Anne's lace flowers also have three-pronged bracts at their base, while poison hemlock doesn't.
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Looking back up toward the meadow, through the burgundy foliage of Japanese maples, the laciness of golden locust and past the snowy bracts of dogwood (Cornus kousa x C. nuttallii ‘Venus’ and Cornus ‘
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Trilliums, rarely damaged by destructive creatures other than deer, form two main groups: the sessile — flowers on top of the leaf — bract, and the pedicellate — flower is attached to a short stem.
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In fact, POISINDEX, a major source for poison control centers, say a 50 pound child would have to eat 500 bracts to accumulate levels of toxins found to be harmful in experiments. 2.
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Origin and Etymology of bract
New Latin bractea, from Latin, thin metal plate
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