These, and such undeveloping leaves, wherever they occur, are called "bracts" by botanists, a good word, from the Latin "bractea," meaning a piece of metal plate, so thin as to crackle. They seem always a little stiff, like bad parchment, - born to come to nothing - a sort of infinitesimal fairy-lawyer's deed.


Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers (Volume 2), Part VII, Chapter I (p. 16)

John Ruskin Quotes

These, and such undeveloping leaves, wherever they occur, are called bracts by botanists, a good word, from the Latin bractea, meaning a piece of...

These, and such undeveloping leaves, wherever they occur, are called bracts by botanists, a good word, from the Latin bractea, meaning a piece of...

These, and such undeveloping leaves, wherever they occur, are called bracts by botanists, a good word, from the Latin bractea, meaning a piece of...

These, and such undeveloping leaves, wherever they occur, are called bracts by botanists, a good word, from the Latin bractea, meaning a piece of...