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Definition of Paleas

Palea
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 Paleas from wikipedia

- Palea may refer to: Palea (botany), part of the flower structure in some plants Palea (turtle), a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae San Antonio...
- Palaia Fokaia (Gr****: Παλαιά Φώκαια, meaning Old Phocaea) is a former community and a seaside town in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government...
- internal (the palea). The perianth is reduced to two scales, called lodicules,: 11  that expand and contract to spread the lemma and palea; these are generally...
- Palea (Old East Slavic: Палєя, Gr****: παλαιός, "ancient, dilapidated"; the name comes from the Gr**** naming of the Old Testament - παλαιὰ Διαθήκη) is...
- Palea Kameni, also known as Palia Kameni, is a volcanic island within the Santorini Caldera. The island was formed by a series of volcanic eruptions that...
- Palaia Epidavros or Palaia Epidauros (also Palea Epidavros and Palea Epidauros; Gr****: Παλαιά Επίδαυρος) is a small town in the Argolis prefecture of...
- whorl of bracts, in this case called an involucel.They can be called chaff, paleas or receptacular bracts and are usually minute scales or bristles. Many asteraceous...
- Orestiada (Gr****: Ορεστιάδα, romanized: Orestiáda, formerly Ancient Gr****: Νέα Ορεστιάς, romanized: Néa Orestiás), is the northeasternmost, northernmost...
- seed is surrounded by thin, dry, scaly bracts (called glumes, lemmas, and paleas), forming a dry husk (or hull) around the grain. Once it is removed, it...
- small volcanic islands at the center of the caldera, Nea ("New") Kameni and Palea ("Old") Kameni. The main island, Santorini has an area of 75.8 km2 (29.3 sq mi)...