bractĕŏla, ae, f. dim. [bractea],
a thin leaf of gold , * Juv. 13, 152; so Arn. 6, p. 205; Prud. Psych. 355; id. στεφ. 12, 49.
bracteola ae, f dim.bractea, gold-leaf, a film of gold , Iu. ...
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