- one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet.
- one of a pair of dry membranous bracts at the base of the spikelet of grasses
- the bract beneath each flower in a sedge or related plant
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