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paleaceous, a. Bot.|peɪliːˈeɪʃəs|
[f. L. palea (see prec.) + -aceous.]
Furnished or covered with paleæ or chaff-like scales; of the nature or consistence of chaff; chaffy.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Receptaculum, Its surface is sometimes naked, and sometimes paleaceous..all over beset with narrow pointed paleæ. 1816Encycl. Perth. V. 639/2 The receptacle is paleaceous. 1825Greenhouse Comp. I. 99 Elichrysum..Yellow paleaceous flowers of long duration. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 196. |