paleaceous, a. Bot.
(peɪliːˈeɪʃəs)
[f. L. palea (see prec.) + -aceous.]
Furnished or covered with paleæ or chaff-like scales; of the nature or consistence of chaff; chaffy.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Receptaculum, Its surface is sometimes naked, and sometimes paleaceous..all over beset with narrow pointed paleæ. 1816 Encycl. Perth. V. 639/2 The receptacle is paleaceous. 1825 Greenhouse Comp. I. 99 Elichrysum..Yellow paleaceous flowers of long duration. 1872 Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 196. |