‖n.; pl. Paleæ [ L., chaff. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. palea chaff. ] (Bot.) Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleæ, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Paleo- + arctic. ] Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]