PALEA
Pa"le*a, n.; pl. Paleæ (-e). Etym: [L., chaff.]
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.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
PALEACEOUS
Pa`le*a"ceous, a. Etym: [L. palea chaff.] (Bot.)
Defn: Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleæ, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.
PALEARCTIC
Pa`le*arc"tic, a. Etym: [Paleo- + arctic.]
Defn: Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all
Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia.
PALED
Paled, a. Etym: [See 5th Pale.]
1. Striped. [Obs.] "[Buskins] . . . paled part per part." Spenser.