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Bracteole vs Hypsophyll - What's the difference?

bracteole | hypsophyll |

In botany terms the difference between bracteole and hypsophyll

is that bracteole is a bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence while hypsophyll is a bract or bracteole.

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.

    • hypsophyll

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A bract or bracteole.
  • (botany, archaic) Any of the flower parts derived from leaves, including petals, sepals, tepals, and bracts.