palea

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
2. noun One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.

Similar words

chaff phalaris glumelle chaffweed cornhusk thatching grass blade brachypodium beachgrass paukpan

Often followed by

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Word family

paleae paleal