bracteate

Meanings

Adjective

  • Having bracts.
  • Made of thin, beaten metal (of coins, ornaments etc. with a hollow underside).

Noun

  • A bracteate coin or other object.

Origin

  • From Latin bracteātus, from bractea.

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