palea

(Inglese)

  1. The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
  2. One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈpælɪə/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Latin palea (“chaff”).

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