palea
nounThe upper of the two bracts that enclose each floret in a grass spikelet.
nounA small bract at the base of a disc floret in some plants of the composite family.
nounIn annelids, a flattened seta, as in
In botany:
nounOne of the chaff-like bracts or scales subtending the individual flowers in the heads of many Compositæ chaff.
nounThe scales on the stems of certain ferns.
nounThe scale-like, usually membranaceous organ in the flowers of grasses which is situated upon a secondary axis in the axil of the flowering glume and envelops the stamens and pistil. It is always bicarinate and is usually bidentate. Also called
In ornithology, a fleshy pendulous skin of the chin or throat, as the dewlap or wattle of the turkey.
nounThe interior chaff or husk of grasses.