ALL meanings of palea
pa·le·a
P p - noun plural palea a chafflike scale or bract. 1
- noun plural palea the scalelike, membranous organ in the flowers of grasses that is situated upon a secondary axis in the axil of the flowering glume and envelops the stamens and pistil. 1
- noun palea the inner of two bracts surrounding each floret in a grass spikelet 0
- noun palea any small membranous bract or scale 0
- noun palea the upper, or inner, thin, membranous bract enclosing the flower in grasses 0
- noun palea pale2 (sense 4) 0