Associations to the word «Bracteole»

Wiktionary

BRACTEOLE, noun. (botany) A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.
BRACTEOLE, noun. (botany) A bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.

Dictionary definition

BRACTEOLE, noun. A small bract.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats