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palea

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PALEACEOUS

a.[L. palea, straw, chaff. ] 1. Chaffy; resembling chaff, or consisting of it; as a paleaceous pappus.
2. Chaffy; furnished with chaff; as a paleaceous receptacle.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PALEA

Pa "le *a, n.; pl. Paleæ (-e ). Etym: [L., chaff. ]

 

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.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

 

PALEACEOUS

Pa `le *a "ceous, a. Etym: [L. palea chaff. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleæ, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.

 

PALEARCTIC

Pa `le *arc "tic, a. Etym: [Paleo- + arctic. ]

 

Defn: Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

palea

pa le a |ˈpālēə ˈpeɪliə | ▶noun ( pl. paleae |-lēˌē, -lēˌī | ) Botany the upper bract of the floret of a grass. Compare with lemma 2. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘chaff. ’

 

Palearctic

Pa le arc tic |ˌpālēˈärktik, -ˈärtik ˌpeɪliˈɑrktɪk |(Brit. Palaearctic ) ▶adjective Zoology of, relating to, or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Eurasia north of the Himalayas, together with North Africa and the temperate part of the Arabian peninsula. The fauna is closely related to that of the Nearctic region. Compare with Holarctic. • (as noun the Palearctic ) the Palearctic region.

 

Oxford Dictionary

palea

palea |ˈpeɪlɪə | ▶noun ( pl. paleae |-lɪiː | ) Botany the upper bract of the floret of a grass. Compare with lemma 2. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘chaff ’.

 

Palearctic etc.

Palearctic etc. ▶adjective US spelling of Palaearctic etc.

 

Duden Dictionary

Palea

Pa lea Substantiv, feminin Botanik , die |P a lea |die Palea; Genitiv: der Palea, Paleen lateinisch 1 Spreuschuppe oder Spreublatt bei Korbblütlern und Farnen 2 Blütenspelze der Gräser

 

Spanish Dictionary

paleal

paleal adjetivo zool Del manto de los moluscos o relacionado con él :cavidad paleal .

 

palear

palear verbo transitivo Mover una cosa con la pala, como tierra, carbón, etc .