Definition of Paleae. Meaning of Paleae. Synonyms of Paleae

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Definition of Paleae

Paleae
Palea Pa"le*a, n.; pl. Pale[ae] (-[=e]). [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. (Zo["o]l.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

Meaning of Paleae from wikipedia

- The paleae (chaffs on the receptacles of many Asteraceae) have orange to reddish purple ends, and are longer than the disc corollas. The paleae bases...
- diameter conical in shape and is set with ovate papery bracts called chaff or paleae. Inplanted are dorsally compressed cypselas, each enclosed by a palea, the...
- is conical in shape and is set with ovate papery bracts called chaff or paleae. Inplanted are dorsally compressed cypselas, each enclosed by a palea, the...
- characterized by strongly overlapping lemma margins and reduced, veinless paleae. The lemma tips are fused into the "crown", a short membrane that surrounds...
- Asteraceae. 3.  Chaffy scales on the stipe of many ferns. paleate Bearing paleae or chaffy scales, as in description of the receptacle of a capitulum of...
- Ozothamnus are straight or radiating and lacking paleae between florets, whilst C****inia possess paleae and their involucral bracts are connivent. O. ferrugineus...
- the flowers called receptacles, are hemispheric to ovoid in shape with paleae 2.5–4 millimetres (0.10–0.16 in) long, the apices are obtuse to acute in...
- on each side of body, disposed in a fan-shaped row of flat setae or paleae. Paleae broad and rather short. Chrysopetalum elegans is a synonym for Bhawania...
- been inserted in the Decretum by authors of a later date. These are the Paleae, so called from Paucapalea, the name of the prin****l commentator on the...
- outer phyllaries yellowish near base, green near apex, hispid‑pubescent; paleae 5–7 mm long, keeled with a dark midrib. Ray florets 8–13, bright yellow...