Definitions for palea

palea pa·le·a

Spelling: [pey-lee-uh]
IPA: /ˈpeɪ li ə/

Palea is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in palea (aaelp).

Definitions for palea

noun

  1. a chafflike scale or bract.
  2. the scalelike, membranous organ in the flowers of grasses that is situated upon a secondary axis in the axil of the flowering glume and envelops the stamens and pistil.

Origin of palea

1745-55; New Latin, special use of Latin palea chaff

Examples for palea

The awn or beard is merely an elongation of the palea inferior.

The palea is as long as the glume, 2-toothed or not at the apex.

Caryopsis grooved, blunt and more tightly held in the palea.

Pareah (palea) seems to have been the principal instrument in bringing about this fatal disaster.

The long slender awn is inserted below the bifid tip of the palea.

At last, Pareah (palea) interfered, and put an end to their violence.

palea canary yellow to light-brown, lanceolate with Fig. 60.

The awn is inserted between the two teeth of the palea or just below.

The fine basal awn waved or kneed, about twice as long as the palea.

The third glume is hyaline, empty, nerveless and without a palea.

Word Value for palea
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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