palea

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

peel hull jacket husk bran skin shell bark capsule outdated pod chaff rind shuck dewlap

Antonyms

middle core interior

Derivatives

paleae

Examples

The area of Santorini incorporates a group of islands created by volcanoes, spanning across Thera, Thirasia, Aspronisi, Palea, and Nea Kameni. Source: Internet

In the centre is the larger Nea Kameni and the smaller Palea Kameni. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pale-throated wren-babbler pale-tipped inezia pale-vented bush-hen paleaceous Paleacrita Paleacrita vernata