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Palea

//ˈpælɪə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
  2. 2
    One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.

    "In a single Brazilian species, doubtfully referred to Brickellia, a few pales occur toward the edge of the disk."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palea (“chaff”).

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