"palea" meaning in English

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_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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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "palea",
        "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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        "1": "paleae",
        "2": "pales"
      },
      "expansion": "palea (plural paleae or pales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
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            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
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            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower."
      ],
      "id": "en-palea-en-noun-iBwj9bqD",
      "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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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "paleaceous"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleal"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleate"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleola"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleous"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "palea",
        "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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      "args": {
        "1": "paleae",
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      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The interior chaff or husk of grasses."
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "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"
}