bractea

See also: bráctea

English

Etymology

From Latin bractea.

Noun

bractea (plural bracteas)

(botany) Synonym of bract

Anagrams

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

Latin

Alternative forms

brattea

Noun

bractea f (genitive bracteae); first declension

gold leaf (or other thin sheet of metal)
veneer

Inflection

First declension.

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

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