1. One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers

Derived forms: paleas

Encyclopedia: Palea

• proteinaceous
• proteinase
• proteinuria
• Proteles
• Proteles cristata
• proteolysis
• proteolytic
• proteolytic enzyme
• proteome
• proteomics
• proteose
• proteosome
• proteosome vaccine
• Proterochampsa
• proterozoic
• Proterozoic aeon
• Proterozoic eon
• protest
• protest march
• protestant
• Protestant Church
• Protestant deacon
• Protestant denomination
• Protestant Episcopal Church
• Protestant Reformation