The bracts are small, modified leaves that enclose and protect the seed in what some growers refer to as the seed pod. The bracts, with their dense covering of large, stalked resin glands, contain the highest concentration of THC of any plant part.
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in size, color, shape or texture. They also look different from the parts of the flower, such as the petals or sepals.
A plant having bracts is referred to as bracteate or bracteolate, while one that lacks them is referred to as ebracteate or ebracteolate.
English
Alternative forms
- bracte, bractea
Etymology
From Latin bractea (“a thin plate of metal; gold leaf”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bract (plural bracts)
- (botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
