Definitions For Palea

Noun

{{en-noun, 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.

Translations

zoology: pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, dewlap

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, la, palea, , chaff}}.

Anagrams

palae, palae-, palæ-

Is Palea a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
9

The word Palea is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

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