palea

[ pey-lee-uh ]

/ ˈpeɪ li ə /

noun, plural pa·le·ae [pey-lee-ee]. /ˈpeɪ liˌi/.

a chafflike scale or bract.

the scalelike, membranous organ in the flowers of grasses that is situated upon a secondary axis in the axil of the flowering glume and envelops the stamens and pistil.

Origin of palea

1745–55; <New Latin, special use of Latin palea chaff

OTHER WORDS FROM palea

pa·le·a·ceous

[pey-lee-ey-shuhs], /ˌpeɪ liˈeɪ ʃəs/, pa·le·ate

[pey-lee-it, ‐eyt], /ˈpeɪ li ɪt, ‐ˌeɪt/, adjective

Words nearby palea

palaver, Palawan, palazzo, palazzo pants, pale, palea, palearctic, pale chrysanthemum aphid, pale-dry, paleencephalon, paleethnology

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Example sentences from the Web for palea

The fourth glume is nearly half or a little more than half of the third glume, narrower, paleate; palea is elliptic.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
Grain is oblong to ellipsoidal free within the glume and its palea.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
Palea canary yellow to light-brown, lanceolate with Fig. 60.
Grasses|H. Marshall Ward
The third glume is similar to the second, paleate; palea is lanceolate and short.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

The palea is as long as the glume, 2-toothed or not at the apex.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

British Dictionary definitions for palea

palea

pale

/ (ˈpeɪlɪə) /

noun plural paleae (ˈpeɪlɪˌiː) or pales botany

the inner of two bracts surrounding each floret in a grass spikeletCompare lemma 1

any small membranous bract or scale

Derived forms of palea

paleaceous (ˌpeɪlɪˈeɪʃəs), adjective

Word Origin for palea

C18: from Latin: straw, chaff; see pallet 1

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Scientific definitions for palea

palea

[ pā′lēə ]

Plural paleae (pā′lē-ē′)

The inner or upper of the two bracts enclosing one of the small flowers within a grass spikelet.

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

单词	palea
释义	palea [ pey-lee-uh ] / ˈpeɪ li ə / noun, plural pa·le·ae [pey-lee-ee]. /ˈpeɪ liˌi/. a chafflike scale or bract. the scalelike, membranous organ in the flowers of grasses that is situated upon a secondary axis in the axil of the flowering glume and envelops the stamens and pistil. Origin of palea 1745–55; <New Latin, special use of Latin palea chaff OTHER WORDS FROM palea pa·le·a·ceous [pey-lee-ey-shuhs], /ˌpeɪ liˈeɪ ʃəs/, pa·le·ate [pey-lee-it, ‐eyt], /ˈpeɪ li ɪt, ‐ˌeɪt/, adjective Words nearby palea palaver, Palawan, palazzo, palazzo pants, pale, palea, palearctic, pale chrysanthemum aphid, pale-dry, paleencephalon, paleethnology Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for palea The fourth glume is nearly half or a little more than half of the third glume, narrower, paleate; palea is elliptic. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses\|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar Grain is oblong to ellipsoidal free within the glume and its palea. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses\|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar Palea canary yellow to light-brown, lanceolate with Fig. 60. Grasses\|H. Marshall Ward The third glume is similar to the second, paleate; palea is lanceolate and short. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses\|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar The palea is as long as the glume, 2-toothed or not at the apex. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses\|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar British Dictionary definitions for palea palea pale / (ˈpeɪlɪə) / noun plural paleae (ˈpeɪlɪˌiː) or pales botany the inner of two bracts surrounding each floret in a grass spikeletCompare lemma 1 any small membranous bract or scale Derived forms of palea paleaceous (ˌpeɪlɪˈeɪʃəs), adjective Word Origin for palea C18: from Latin: straw, chaff; see pallet 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for palea palea [ pā′lēə ] Plural paleae (pā′lē-ē′) The inner or upper of the two bracts enclosing one of the small flowers within a grass spikelet. The chaffy scales on the receptacle of a flower head in a plant of the composite family. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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