palea

/หˆpalษชษ™/

IPA: /P EY1 L IY0 AH0/

noun
  1. 1

    The interior chaff or husk of grasses.

  2. 2

    One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.

  3. 3

    A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

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