Paleaceous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff archaic

    "a paleaceous receptacle"

Etymology

From Latin palea (“chaff”) + -aceous.

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