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"Palea" Definition

noun

A small chafflike bract enclosing the flower of a grass.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

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

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

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

Source: Merriam-Webster

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

Source: Merriam-Webster

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