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BRACTEAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bracteal mean?
• BRACTEAL (adjective)
The adjective BRACTEAL has 1 sense:
1. pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract
Familiarity information: BRACTEAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
bract (a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence)
Derivation:
bract (a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence)
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