Palea \Pa"le*a\, n.; pl. {Pale[ae]} (-[=e]). [L., chaff.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
(b) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the
receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis,
the sunflower, etc.
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2. (Zool.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a
bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
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