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Petal vs Bract - What's the difference?

petal | bract |

In botany terms the difference between petal and bract

is that petal is one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower, when this consists of separate parts, that is it is not fused. Petals are often brightly colored while bract is a leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.

petal

English

Noun

(wikipedia petal) (en noun)
  • (botany) one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower, when this consists of separate parts, that is it is not fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
  • * 2011 , Jo Baker, The Picture Book
    • She is freezing cold. Sputtering. Big eyes wide and wet and red. Too shocked even to cry. 'It's okay, petal , it's okay.'

    See also

    * sepal * tepal

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    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.