Sinhala Dictionary definitions for palea
palea 🔊
palea : පේලයාව
palea : අවපත්රය
palea : උපතුෂය
palea definition
Noun.
- The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
- One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.
- A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.