Definition of "bractlet" []

• A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that supports several flowers. (noun)

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• "Staminate flowers in long, drooping catkins, provided with three or more stamens and occasionally with an irregular-lobed perianth adnate to the bractlet and a rudimentary ovary."