[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palea \pa"lea\, n.; pl. paleae -=e. l., chaff.
   1913 webster
   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.
          1913 webster

   2. zool. a pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a
      bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
      1913 webster
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