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ebracteate

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e⋅brac⋅te⋅ate

  [ee-brak-tee-eyt, -it]
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–adjective Botany.
having no bracts.
Origin:
1820–30; < NL ēbracteātus. See e-, bracteate
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e·brac·te·ate   (ē-brāk'tē-āt')   
adj.   Botany
Having no bracts.

[New Latin ēbracteātus : Latin ē-, ex-, ex- + Latin bractea, gold leaf, bract.]
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