palea (plural paleae)
(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.
• palae, palae-, palæ-
Source: Wiktionary
Pa"le*a, n.; pl. Paleæ (-e). Etym: [L., chaff.]
1. (Bot.) (a) The interior chaff or husk of grasses. (b) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
