| 释义 |
pa·lea
\ˈpālēə\ noun
(plural pale·ae \-lēˌē, -lēˌī\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, chaff — more at pallet
1.
a. : one of the chaffy scales on the receptacle subtending the disk flowers in the heads of many composite plants (as sunflowers)
b. : the upper bract that with the lemma encloses the flower in grasses
c. : ramentum
2. : one of the flattened enlarged setae that form the operculum of the tube of polychaete worms of Sabellaria and related genera
• pa·le·al \-lēəl\ adjective |