Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, chaffy; covered with chaffy scales; furnished with paleæ: chaff-like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleæ, or chaff; furnished with chaff.
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- adjective botany
chaffy ; resembling or consisting ofpaleae , orchaff
Etymologies
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Latin palea chaff.
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Examples
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Palate: = hypopharynx; q.v. Paleace: chaff or chaffy: = paleaceous.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
mutandis26 commented on the word paleaceous
like or resembling chaff.
September 4, 2009