Found 2 items, similar to paleae.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: paleae paleae See palea
English → English (gcide) Definition: Paleae Palea \Pa"le*a\, n.; pl. Pale[ae] (-[=e]). [L., chaff.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap. [1913 Webster]