palea

1. A small chafflike bract enclosing the flower of a grass.

2. The chaffy scales on the receptacle of a flower head in a plant of the composite family.

3. One of the chaffy scales on the receptacle of many composite plants.

4. The upper bract that with the lemma encloses the flower in grasses.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
palea	7	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
al	2
pe	4
pa	4
aa	2
el	2
la	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
lap	5
pea	5
pal	5
lea	3
ape	5
alp	5
ale	3
ala	3
aal	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alae	4
leap	6
pale	6
peal	6
plea	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
palea	7