A botanical structure consisting of a shortened internode or stem segment between bracts and flowers.
From Greek brachys (short) + German -temma, combining botanical terminology for compressed stem regions in inflorescences.
This ultra-specialized term shows how botanists needed precise words for tiny plant anatomy—it's so specific that even plant scientists rarely use it, making it a perfect example of how specialized vocabularies can create 'dead words' that were born technical.
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