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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 bract /ˈbrækt/
 苞葉,苞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bract n.  Bot. (a) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises. (b) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower.
 Note: ☞ Bracts are often inconspicuous, but sometimes large and showy, or highly colored, as in many cactaceous plants. The spathes of aroid plants are conspicuous forms of bracts.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 bract
      n : a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting
          an inflorescence