Bractlet

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bractlet \Bract"let\, n. [Bract + -let] (Bot.)
     A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a
     main stalk that support several flowers. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  bractlet
       n : a small bract [syn: {bracteole}]