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Definition of: palea
(pā′lē·ə) noun plural ·le·ae (-li·ē) Bot.
1. A chafflike bract.
2. One of the chaffy inner scales subtending a flower in the grass spikelet. [<NL <L, chaff]
—pa′le·a′ceous (-ā′shəs) adjective
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