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Definition of 'palea' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) palea
the upper or inner membranous bract of the pair that envelops each floret in a grass spike.

Etymology:  (1745–55; < NL; L: chaff)

Definition of 'palea' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) palea
the interior chaff or husk of grasses

2. (noun) palea
one of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc

3. (noun) palea
a pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap



'palea' - Nearby Entries  

palavered  palaverer  palavering  palea  paleaceous  



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