The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bractlet \Bract"let\, n. [Bract + -let] (Bot.) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers. --Gray. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bractlet n 1: a small bract [syn: bracteole, bractlet]