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 of paleae, or chaff

Etymologies

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Latin palea chaff.

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  • like or resembling chaff.

    September 4, 2009