palea

5 letters in word "palea": A A E L P.

No anagrams for palea found in this word list.

Words found within palea:

aa aal ae al ala alae alap ale alp ape ea el la laa lap lea leap lep pa pal pale pe pea peal pela plea

• Definitions:
• In grasses, the uppermost bract enclosing the flower or caryopsis. (compare lemma)
• the small upper bract enclosing the flower of a grass
• the upper of two bracts in a grass floret.
• The uppermost of the two scales forming the floret in a grass spikelet (often obscure or hidden).
• The adaxial bract of a floret; two-veined, arising from the floral axis.
• The outer petal of the corolla in a cereal flower.
• the upper (inner) bract (with the lower, inner lemma) enclosing other floral parts of grasses.
• the shorter, upper, bract which, along with the lemma, serves to contain the floret(s) held within (see lemma).

• pale ←
• palazzos ←
• palazzo ←
• palea
• → paleaceous
• → paleae
• → paleal