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Definition of Bracted
1. Adjective. Having bracts.
Definition of Bracted
1. a. Furnished with bracts.
Definition of Bracted
1. Adjective. (botany) Having bracts. ¹
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Definition of Bracted
1. bract [adj] - See also: bract
Medical Definition of Bracted
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bracted
Literary usage of Bracted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"... in clustered scaly bracted s¡ñk<-s like catkins, preceding the leaves,
yellowish : .fruit ... bracted ..."
2. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"bracted plantain (Plantago aristata). Annual. Employ hand pulling and burning.
If well established, a series of hoed crops may be necessary to eradicate. ..."
3. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1857)
"Flowers each 1 - 3-bracted, the upper ones staminate, a few fertile ones at the
base, unpleasantly scented : sepals greenish : filaments white (the size and ..."
4. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"... specimens of this species are to be found, of heights varying from 10 to 15 feet.
SECTION LIII.—PICEA BRACTEATA, OR THE LEAFY-bracted SILVER FIK. 1253. ..."
5. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"The tiny vivid yellow flowers grow in short thick clusters ; they have six bracted
sepals, with six petals opposite them, also six stamens. ..."
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