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Subtend vs Bracteole - What's the difference?

subtend | bracteole |

As a verb subtend

is to extend or stretch underneath or opposite something.

As a noun bracteole is

(botany) a small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.

subtend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To extend or stretch underneath or opposite something
  • *2012 , Me, myself, us ,The Economist, 16th august 2012 issue
  • *:...trillions of bacteria, each equally an individual, which are found in a person’s gut, his mouth, his scalp, his skin and all of the crevices and orifices that subtend from his body’s surface.
  • (mathematics) To enclose an arc on a circle with an angle
  • A 43° angle subtends an arc about ¾ meter long on a circle with a radius of 1 meter.

    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.