bractea

See also: bráctea

English

Etymology

From Latin bractea.

Noun

bractea (plural bracteas)

1. (botany) Synonym of bract

Anagrams

• abacter, abreact, bear cat, bearcat, cabaret, cat bear

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Latin

Alternative forms

• brattea

Etymology

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Noun

bractea f (genitive bracteae); first declension

1. gold leaf (or other thin sheet of metal)
2. veneer

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bractea	bracteae
Genitive	bracteae	bracteārum
Dative	bracteae	bracteīs
Accusative	bracteam	bracteās
Ablative	bracteā	bracteīs
Vocative	bractea	bracteae

References

• “bractea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bractea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bractea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.