palea

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Noun
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pa=le=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

palean. [L., chaff.].
  •  The interior chaff or husk of grasses.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

palea, n. (pl. paleae) Bot. a chafflike bract, esp. in a flower of grasses.

Etymology
L, = chaff

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