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palea
pa·le·a P0020700 (pā′lē-ə)n. pl. pa·le·ae (-lē-ē′) 1. The upper of the two bracts that enclose each floret in a grass spikelet.2. A small bract at the base of a disc floret in some plants of the composite family.
[Latin, chaff.]palea (ˈpeɪlɪə) or palen, pl paleae (ˈpeɪlɪˌiː) or pales1. (Botany) the inner of two bracts surrounding each floret in a grass spikelet. Compare lemma12. (Botany) any small membranous bract or scale[C18: from Latin: straw, chaff; see pallet1] paleaceous, paleal adjpa•le•a (ˈpeɪ li ə)
n., pl. -le•ae (-liˌi) the upper or inner membranous bract of the pair that envelops each floret in a grass spike. [1745–55; < New Latin; Latin: chaff] pa`le•a′ceous (-ˈeɪ ʃəs) pa′le•ate (-ɪt, -ˌeɪt) adj.
palea
palea[′pā·lē·ə] (botany) The upper, enclosing bract of a grass flower. A chaffy scale found on the receptacle of the disk flowers of some composite plants. (invertebrate zoology) One of the enlarged flattened setae forming the operculum of the tube of certain polychaete worms. palea
palea a GLUME-like protective bract found on the axis of individual flowers in grasses.ThesaurusSeepale |