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paleate

  • a word derived from palea.

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The fourth glume is thin, hyaline, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, paleate, and bisexual; palea lanceolate, narrow, two-toothed at the apex, with deep purple anthers and stigmas of the same colour.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

The third glume is as long as or a little shorter than the second glume, 1-nerved and paleate.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

The third glume is empty, paleate or not.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

The fourth glume is coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, nearly as long as the second glume, awned at the apex, paleate, with three stamens and an ovary; the palea is as long as the glume, elliptic oblong, obtuse.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

The fourth glume is coriaceous or crustaceous, plano-convex, bisexual, 5-nerved and paleate; palea is as long as the glume.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

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