bracteal

1. 1.

   pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract

Questions about bracteal

What does bracteal mean?

bracteal means "pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract".

How many syllables are in bracteal?

bracteal has 3 syllables and divides as brac-te-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is bracteal a common word?

bracteal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.