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   ‖Palea (?), n.; pl. Paleæ (-ē). [L., chaff.]
   
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   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.
   
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   2. (Zool.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
   
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