Bot. [ad. mod.L. ēbracteātus, f. ē- out of + bractea BRACT; see -ATE, -ED.] Destitute of bracts.

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1830.  Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 167. Apetalous dicotyledons, with … herbaceous ebracteate calyxes.

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1870.  Bentley, Bot., 181. When bracts are absent altogether, such plants are said to be ebracteated.

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1882.  Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 621. The ebracteate flowers stand on the rachis of the inflorescence.

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