Bible Dictionaries
Bract

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.

(2):

(n.) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bract'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bract.html. 1828.