palea
English
/ˈpælɪə/, /ˈpalɪə/
noun
Definitions
- (botany) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
- (botany) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.
- (zoology) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin palea (chaff, straw).
Origin
Latin
palea
Gloss
chaff, straw
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- paleaceous English
- paleal English
- paleous English
- palea Latin
- palealis Latin
- palearis Latin
- palearium Latin
- paglia Italian
- pagliaccio Italian
- paillasse French
- éparpiller French
- paja Spanish, Castilian
- *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- paille Old French
- palla Catalan, Valencian
- pai Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- paie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- palla Old Portuguese
- palj Aromanian
- palji Aromanian
- paljiu Aromanian
- palha Occitan
- payares Asturian
- pae Friulian
- pagghia Sicilian
- paja Venetian
- paja Ladino
- palla Sardinian
- paja Istriot
- pajàs Emilian