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pa·le·a

 (pā′lē-ə)
n. pl. pa·le·ae (-lē-ē′)
1. The upper of the two bracts that enclose each floret in a grass spikelet.
2. A small bract at the base of a disc floret in some plants of the composite family.
[Latin, chaff.]
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palea

(ˈpeɪlɪə) or

pale

n, pl paleae (ˈpeɪlɪˌiː) or pales
1. (Botany) the inner of two bracts surrounding each floret in a grass spikelet. Compare lemma1
2. (Botany) any small membranous bract or scale
[C18: from Latin: straw, chaff; see pallet1]
paleaceous, paleal adj
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pa•le•a

(ˈpeɪ li ə)

n., pl. -le•ae (-liˌi)
the upper or inner membranous bract of the pair that envelops each floret in a grass spike.
[1745–55; < New Latin; Latin: chaff]
pa`le•a′ceous (-ˈeɪ ʃəs) pa′le•ate (-ɪt, -ˌeɪt) adj.
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New record of the geoduck clam Panopea globosa (Dall, 1898) (Bivalvia: Hiatellidae)
Concha delgada y alargada, subrectangular; el lado anterior mas largo alcanza casi los dos tercios de la longitud total y tiene el borde redondeado, el borde dorsal anterior es recto y el posterior oblicuo forma un angulo con el borde posterior cuadrado y reflejado hacia la derecha,el cual queda abierto; la region umbonal es algo inflada y los picos pequenos son opistogirados, una suave area radial deprimida baja desde la region umbonal hasta el borde inferior de cada valva; solamente se observan finas lineas de crecimiento, mas notorias cerca de los bordes inferiores de las valvas; la charnela presenta dos dientes cardinales en cada valva; el periostraco es pardo claro, liso y brillante; el seno paleal es amplio, profundo y elevado dorsalmente y los bordes de las valvas lisos.
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In the laboratory, the animals were kept alive in a dry container for the elimination of the water contained in the paleal cavity, weighed (total weight in grams) and measured (total length in millimeters).
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Arguments and scientific interdisciplinary data about the imperfections of evolutionary design/Argumentos y datos cientificos interdisciplinares sobre las imperfecciones del diseno evolutivo/Argumentos e dados interdisciplinares cientificos sobre as imperfeicoes do projeto evolucionario
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Evolution of ornamentation and courtship behavior in Schizocosa: insights from a phylogeny based on morphology (Araneae, Lycosidae)
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Diversidad y microestructura de quitones (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) del Caribe de Costa Rica

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