Meaning & use
Palea
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A small, thin, chaff-like bract that encloses the flower in grasses and some related plants.
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Botanists examined the shape of the palea to help identify the grass species.
The palea and lemma together protect the developing grain in wheat.
A note on using this word
The palea is one of the small floral parts, alongside the lemma, that make grass flowers structurally distinct from more familiar flowering plants.
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