bract

bract has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.
• n.. Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower.
• n.. a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence