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Bract vs Bracteole - What's the difference?

bract | bracteole |

In botany terms the difference between bract and bracteole

is that bract is a leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises while bracteole is a bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.

bract

English

(wikipedia bract)

Noun

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

    • bracteole

    English

    Noun

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