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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

palea

chaff.]

(Bot.)

Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleæ, or chaff; furnished with chaff;

as, a

paleaceous

receptacle

Adj.

[L. palea, straw, chaff.]

Chaffy; resembling chaff, or consisting of it; as a paleaceous pappus.

Chaffy; furnished with chaff; as a paleaceous receptacle.

paleaceous ‎(comparative more paleaceous, superlative most paleaceous)

(botany) chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff
a paleaceous receptacle