Palea (Crossword clue)
We found one answer for “Palea” .
This page shows answers to the clue Palea, followed by 9 definitions like “Latin, meaning: chaff”, “The interior chaff or husk of grasses” and “The upper of 2 bracts enclosing a grass flower”.Definitions of “Palea”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• The upper of 2 bracts enclosing a grass flower
• (botany) Palea, in botany, has two separate meanings
• A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird
• In a grass floret, the upper one of the two bracts enclosing a flower
• In grasses the upper bract that with the lemma encloses the flower
• In grasses, the upper and ly smaller of the two bracts of the floret
• In grasses, the upper and generally smaller of the two bracts of the floret
• The upper of the two bracts of a grass floret, usually enclosing the lodicules
• One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis
• The uppermost or innermost of the two bracts (lemma and palea) that subtend and enclose the flower (or grain) in grasses
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