Bractea | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

bractea
bractĕa (also brattĕa), ae, f. [perh. kindr. with βράχω, to rattle], I a thin plate of metal , go...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
bractea
bractea or brattea ae, f metallic foil, goldleaf: tenuis, O.: crepitabat bractea vento, the golden ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary