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(1):

(n.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

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(n.) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.

(3):

(n.) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Palea'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/palea.html. 1828.
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