\Pa"le*a\, n.; pl. {Pale[ae]} (-[=e]). [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. (Zo["o]l.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat
   of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.