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palea

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/ˈpalɪə/ English

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  1. The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
  2. One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.
  3. A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

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