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bracteate

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brac⋅te⋅ate

  [brak-tee-it, -eyt]
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–adjective
1. Also, brac⋅te⋅ose  [brak-tee-ohs] . Botany. having bracts.
–noun
2. a thin coin, struck only on one face, the pattern of which shows through on the reverse face.
Origin:
1835–45; < NL bracteātus. See bract, -ate 1
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brac·te·ate   (brāk'tē-ĭt, -āt')   
adj.  Bearing bracts.

[New Latin bracteātus, from Latin bractea, gold leaf; see bract.]
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