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| pa·le·a [ páylee ə ] (plural pa·le·ae [ páylee ]) |
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1. leaf on flowering grass: the upper of two dry membranous leaves bracts protecting a single flower in a flower head of a plant of the grass family
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2. flower scale: a dry membranous scale on the head of a composite flower such as a sunflower
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| [Mid-18th century. < Latin, "chaff"] |
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