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palea |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Palea \Pa"le*a\, n.; pl {Pale[ae]} (-[=e]). [L., chaff.] 1. (Bot.) a The interior chaff or husk of grasses. b One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc 2. (Zo["o]l.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
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