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

Derived forms: paleas

Encyclopedia: Palea

• spring training
• spring up
• spring vetch
• spring vetchling
• spring water
• spring-blooming
• spring-clean
• spring-cleaning
• spring-flowering
• spring-loaded
• springboard
• springbok
• springbuck
• springe
• springer
• springer spaniel
• Springfield
• springiness
• springing cow
• springless
• springlike
• springtail
• springtide
• springtime
• springy