"palea" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "paleaceous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "paleal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "paleate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "paleola"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "paleous"
    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "chaff"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin palea (“chaff”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin palea (“chaff”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paleae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The interior chaff or husk of grasses."
      ],
      "id": "en-palea-en-noun-kiq~dlkP",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "interior",
          "interior"
        ],
        [
          "chaff",
          "chaff"
        ],
        [
          "husk",
          "husk"
        ],
        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) The interior chaff or husk of grasses."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
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            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Plant anatomy",
          "orig": "en:Plant anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy",
            "Botany",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
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            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
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        {
          "ref": "1917, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, A Monograph of the Genus Brickellia:",
          "text": "In a single Brazilian species, doubtfully referred to Brickellia, a few pales occur toward the edge of the disk.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "chaffy",
          "chaffy"
        ],
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ],
        [
          "bractlet",
          "bractlet"
        ],
        [
          "receptacle",
          "receptacle"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "sunflower",
          "sunflower"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpælɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪlɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpalɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪlɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "palea"
}

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    {
      "word": "paleaceous"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleal"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleate"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleola"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleous"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin palea (“chaff”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paleae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The interior chaff or husk of grasses."
      ],
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        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "interior",
          "interior"
        ],
        [
          "chaff",
          "chaff"
        ],
        [
          "husk",
          "husk"
        ],
        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) The interior chaff or husk of grasses."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "en:Botany"
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        {
          "ref": "1917, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, A Monograph of the Genus Brickellia:",
          "text": "In a single Brazilian species, doubtfully referred to Brickellia, a few pales occur toward the edge of the disk.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "chaffy",
          "chaffy"
        ],
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ],
        [
          "bractlet",
          "bractlet"
        ],
        [
          "receptacle",
          "receptacle"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "sunflower",
          "sunflower"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpælɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪlɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpalɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪlɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "palea"
}